Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar wants to abolish two large national monuments in his home state.
Gosar, who chairs the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, announced Wednesday he’s filed two bills that would revoke the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in northern Arizona and the Ironwood Forest National Monument on the state’s southern end.
Both national monuments were designated by Democratic presidents using their authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906.
H.R. 5392 would revoke the August 2023 designation of the 917,618-acre Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon monument by former President Joe Biden. Gosar is reintroducing the bill he first proposed in September 2023.
