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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Has Obama Done for the Wild?
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sharon-buccino/what-has-obama-done-wild?utm_source=fbtest1&utm_medium=ad1obama&utm_campaign=fbadtestWhat Has Obama Done for the Wild?
January 17, 2017 Sharon Buccino
More than any other president.
Heres my top 10 conservation actions in reverse chronological order:
1. He issued a presidential memorandum mandating action to promote diversity and inclusion in our national parks, national forests, and other public lands and waters. (January 12, 2017)
2. He listed the rusty patched bumblebee as endangered. A common sight just 20 years ago, the bumblebee, along with other pollinators like the monarch butterfly, is precariously on the brink of extinction. Listing the bee will focus resources right now on stopping the bees decline. (January 10, 2017)
3. He protected more land and waters than any other president. Using his authority under the Antiquities Act, Obama created 29 new national monuments and expanded 5 more during his eight years in office. By creating a tribal commission to help manage the new Bears Ears National Monument in Utah (December 28, 2016), Obama elevated indigenous voices to a level never seen before. From the park where the modern gay rights movement was born (June 24, 2016) to the South Carolina church where freed slaves worked to establish communities after the Civil War (January 12, 2017), President Obamas monuments add depth and diversity to the American story our public lands tell.
4. He withdrew more than 125 million acres of marine waters in the Arctic and the Atlantic from future oil and gas leasing. (December 20, 2016)
5. He placed a moratorium on new federal coal leasing. (January 15, 2016)
6. He put a comprehensive plan in place to conserve the sagebrush landscape that defines the American West. (September 22, 2015)
7. He withdrew Alaskas Bristol Bay from future oil and gas leasing. The action safeguards waters that provide 40 percent of Americas wild-caught seafood and support an annual $2 billion fishing industry. (December 16, 2014)
8. He created the largest ecologically protected area on the planet by adding more than 400,000 square miles to the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Monument, which was established a decade ago by George W. Bush (September 24, 2014). More recently, Obama also created the first marine monument in the Atlantic, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts (September 15, 2016).
9. He banned the commercial trade of ivory in the United States. During a recent three-year period, an estimated 100,000 elephants were killed for their ivory, an average of approximately one every 15 minutes. Obama's action will help stop the slaughter. (February 11, 2014)
10. He revolutionized renewable energy development, steering it to the places on our public land that provide the most energy with the least environmental damage. (October 12, 2012)
President Obama did not do this alone. He had the support of dedicated public servants throughout his administration. They acted for tomorrow, not just today.
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What Has Obama Done for the Wild? (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2017
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(297,794 posts)1. So much Wildness!
Mahalo babylonsister!
doc03
(35,389 posts)2. Now Trump will do his best to sell off all our national
parks and forests.
2naSalit
(86,832 posts)3. Brace yourselves...
what we all stand to lose will also take out the rest of the biosphere when it "goes".
doc03
(35,389 posts)4. I am going to the Grand Canyon in May before Trump
makes it a landfill or worse.
2naSalit
(86,832 posts)5. Wise choice...
go in the spring before it gets hot. There will be water in the river and flowers on the cacti. Perhaps fewer tourists too.
doc03
(35,389 posts)6. May 9th thru 19th taking Caravan Tour then staying over three nights in Vegas.
The weather looked good at that time. It starts in Phoenix and ends in Vegas it looks like it won't be too hot in
Phoenix or too cold at Grand Canyon at that time.
2naSalit
(86,832 posts)7. That should be fun, hope you have a great time.