How many of these fit the requirement of this statute? Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected.
Here's every piece of land Obama has put under protection during his presidency
- Dec. 30, 2016, 11:30 AM
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/FlickrOn December 28, President Barack Obama created two new national monuments in Utah and Nevada, furthering the administration's environmental legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The new monuments, Bears Ears and Gold Butte, cover over 1.5 million acres of land, which brings the total land Obama has protected during his presidency to more than 550 million acres — more than double the amount that the well-known conservationist Theodore Roosevelt did.
Throughout his time in office, Obama has used the Antiquities Act, which Roosevelt signed into law in 1906, to set aside public land for conservation. His efforts have been largely applauded by environmentalists but criticized by some conservatives for placing too much land under federal control.
The vast majority of Obama's addition to the nation's protected acreage, however, is water — the president created and expanded several massive marine national monuments in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans (not to mention his recent ban on Arctic drilling).
This week's two new monuments bring Obama's total to 29. Some include sites of significance to Native Americans (like Chimney Rock in Colorado and Bears Ears in Utah), some have historic importance to oppressed groups (like the Stonewall Inn in New York and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland), and others are simply beautiful pieces of American land.
Here's the full list, in reverse chronological order.
Bears Ears National Monument
Location: Utah
Size: 1.35 million acres
Date of proclamation: December 28, 2016
Gold Butte National Monument
Location: Nevada
Size: 300,000 acres
Date of proclamation: Dec 28, 2016
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
Location: Marine waters off the coast of New England
Size: 4,913 square miles
Date of proclamation: September 15, 2016
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Location: Marine waters near the Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Size: 582,578 square miles — the world's largest marine protected area. (The original monument was created in 2006 by President George W. Bush. Obama expanded the protected territory by 442,781 square miles.)
Date of proclamation: August 26, 2016
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Location: Maine
Size: 87,500 acres
Date of proclamation: August 24, 2016
Stonewall National Monument
Size: 0.12 acres
Date of proclamation: June 24, 2016
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Size: 0.34 acres
Date of proclamation: April 12, 2016
Mojave Trails National Monument
Size: 1.6 million acres (including 400,000 acres of wilderness previously designated by Congress)
Date of proclamation: February 12, 2016
Sand to Snow National Monument
Location: California
Size: 154,000 acres (including 100,000 acres of wilderness previously designated by Congress)
Date of proclamation: February 12, 2016
Castle Mountains National Monument
Size: 20,920 acres
Date of proclamation: February 12, 2016
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
Size: 331,000 acres
Date of proclamation: July 10, 2015
Waco Mammoth National Monument
Size: 5 acres
Date of proclamation: July 10, 2015
Basin and Range National Monument
Size: 704,000 acres
Date of proclamation: July 10, 2015
Honouliuli National Monument
Size: 123 acres
Date of proclamation: February 24, 2015
Pullman National Monument
Location: Chicago
Size: 0.24 acres
Date of proclamation: February 19, 2015
Browns Canyon National Monument
Size: 21,586 acres
Date of proclamation: February 19, 2015
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Size: 346,177 acres
Date of proclamation: October 10, 2014
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Size: 308,316 square nautical miles
Date of proclamation: Obama established the monument on January 6, 2009, and expanded it on September 25, 2014
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
Size: 496,330 acres
Date of proclamation: May 21, 2014
California Coastal National Monument
Size: The monument was expanded to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands, which added 1,665 additional acres
Date of proclamation: Bill Clinton established the monument in 2000, and Obama expanded it on March 11, 2014
First State National Monument
Location: Delaware
Size: 1,108 acres
Date of proclamation: March 25, 2013
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument
Location: Maryland
Size: 11,750 acres
Date of proclamation: March 25, 2013
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Location: Ohio
Size: 59 acres
Date of proclamation: March 25, 2013
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
Location: New Mexico
Size: 242,555 acres
Date of proclamation: March 25, 2013
San Juan Islands National Monument
Location: Islands off the coast of Washington
Size: 970 acres
Date of proclamation: March 25, 2013
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
Size: 10.5 acres
Date of proclamation: October 8, 2012
Chimney Rock National Monument
Location: Colorado
Size: 4,726 acres
Date of proclamation: September 21, 2012
Fort Ord National Monument
Size: 14,651 acres
Date of proclamation: April 20, 2012
Fort Monroe National Monument
Size: 325 acres
Date of proclamation: November 1, 2011
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