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The 10 national monuments Trump is most likely to shrink

Sammy Roth
The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke visits Bunkerville, Nev. to discuss the future of Gold Butte and other local land issues Sunday, July 30, 2017.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is wrapping up his review of nearly two dozen national monuments targeted for downsizing or elimination by the Trump administration.

By next week, Zinke is supposed to send to President Trump recommendations on the future of those land monuments, which were created or expanded by presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Zinke has already said he'll recommend no changes to five monuments, leaving 17 under review, from the California desert to the woods of Maine.

Click through to see the monuments Trump is most likely to downsize or eliminate, in alphabetical order, based on interviews with supporters and opponents of the monuments review:

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Environmental groups say more than 2.7 million people submitted comments to the Interior Department on the monuments review, and that that vast majority of them expressed support for keeping or expanding existing monuments. Separately, the Commerce Department is reviewing 11 marine monuments and sanctuaries.

It's not clear whether Trump has the legal authority to eliminate monuments established by previous presidents, but several presidents have reduced the size of monuments.

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