AGENDA: Celebrating the Centennial of the Antiquities Act

• Main Authors: University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Boulder. Center of the American West
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2006
• Subjects: Antiquities Act; Centennial; celebration; 100th anniversary; adoption; Presidents; 20th century; national parks; national monuments; acres of land; land protection; protected lands; privatization; growth and development; executive authority; executive power; executive proclamations; Grand Canyon National Park; Olympic National Park; Zion National Park; Arches National Park; Glacier Bay National Park; Acadia National Park; early struggles; Lacey Act; archaeologists; National Park Service; NPS; historic landmarks; prehistoric structures; historic interest; scientific interest; legal issues; Environmental Law Society; Theodore Roosevelt; America; United States; legacy; Alaska monuments; Clinton monuments; Clinton administration; revival; Antiquities Act management; Antiquities Act planning; future monuments; amendments; Administrative Law; Courts; Historic Preservation and Conservation; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Land Use Law; Law and Society; Legislation; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Place and Environment; President/Executive Department; Public Policy; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; Glacier Bay; Lacey; Park Glacier; Theodore; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/celebrating-centennial-of-antiquities-act/1; https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=celebrating-centennial-of-antiquities-act

For 100 years, the Antiquities Act has been used by nearly every President in the 20th century to set aside and protect lands threatened with privatization and development. The list of lands first protected under the Antiquities Act – and that might never have been protected without it – is truly remarkable. Many of our most treasured national parks including the Grand Canyon, Olympic, Zion, Arches, Glacier Bay, and Acadia, began as national monuments. All told, Presidents have issued 123 proclamations setting aside millions of acres of land under the Antiquities Act. The Natural Resources Law Center and the Center of the American West are honored to celebrate the centennial of 100th anniversary with former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and a host of other distinguished speakers.