“Didn’t Obama take a bunch of land by declaring it a monument or something?”
Were the land owners compensated?
Were the land owners compensated?
The Antiquities Act he used to declare the monuments only applies to land already owned or controlled by the feds.
So, no.
““Didn’t Obama take a bunch of land by declaring it a monument or something?”
Were the land owners compensated?”
No, he just declared existing Federal Land a National Monument.