How much shale oil and gas could there be there? Uranium? Coal?
Reminds Obama of his old college daze!
Colorado is in the Romney column, so might as well screw them over good.
My instinct is to see it as a federal land grab. But I’ve never been there.
Remember when Clinton pulled similar stunts, like taking the clean coal away from Utah (while he was in Arizona) so the his Indonesian buddies would have a corner on the market?
This is just another photo op on the government dime. The area is in a national forest and is a designated archeological area, so it’s already protected.
The antiquities act is a disaster.There are a bunch of others that are equally as bad but they should all be bundled and killed. ples ignore mi spling
Chimney Rock as a National Monument....to Barack Obama’s misplaced priorities. There is nothing at Chimney Rock, except some rock and a couple of collapsed kivas. Another government jobs program.
Oh, how significant. Buckwheat is trying to nail down the granola-munching fascists who would vote for Hitler if he popped up out of the grave.
That’s another 0.0001% of Americans.
Seig Heil, dude.
Southwestern Colorado isn’t exactly a hotbed of liberalism. And I doubt the ranchers and farmers there are going to appreciate losing another vast tract of land to the gubmint, which already owns half the state. This will appeal to the green weenies on the Front Range, but should drive most of the Western Slope firmly into Romney territory.
The eight square miles involved doesn't constitute a land grab, either. No harm, no foul...