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FILE- In this June 19, 2007, file photo, tourists view rock formations formed over thousands of years in Boyden Cavern in Kings Canyon at Giants Sequoia National Monument, Calif. President Donald Trump's call to review 24 national monuments established by three former presidents puts in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering Sequoias, deep, canyons and oceans habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam. (Mark Crosse/Fresno Bee, File)

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FILE - This undated file photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made during the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013, shows corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of New England in the North Atlantic Ocean before it was stablished by President Barack Obama in Sept. 15, 2016, as Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. President Donald Trump's call to review over two dozen national monuments established by three former presidents puts in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering Sequoias, deep, canyons and oceans habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via AP, File)

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FILE- In this Sept. 1, 2016, file photo, a portion of Midway Atoll in Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is seen from Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, as it comes in for a landing at Henderson Field. PPresident Donald Trump's call to review over two dozen national monuments established by three former presidents puts in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering Sequoias, deep, canyons and oceans habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

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FILE - This July 15, 2016, file photo, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell tours the "Moonhouse" in McLoyd Canyon in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. President Donald Trump's call to review over two dozen national monuments established by three former presidents puts in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering Sequoias, deep, canyons and oceans habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pauses during his speech while being honored by the Falcons as he officially retires from the NFL on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Ice Cube attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, gillnetters repair a net near the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore. The Trump administration on Monday, June 12, 2017, threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, a fisherman lays out his gillnet in Young's Bay off the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore. The Trump administration on Monday, June 12, 2017, threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

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File - In this Dec. 20, 2016, file photo, whales are seen off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., from the La Espada whale watching ship from Harbor Breeze Cruises. The Trump administration on Monday, June 12, 2017, threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the swift water rescue team at Yosemite National Park, Calif., prepare for training in the frigid and swift water of the Merced River. The record Sierra Nevada snowpack has officials on high alert as the weather warms and the frigid snowmelt surges down California rivers. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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This photo taken May 25, 2017 shows Moose Mutlow, leader of the Swift Water Rescue Program at Yosemite National Park, Calif. Officials fear a surge in drownings following record snowfall this winter as the weather heats up in California and other U.S. western states. Mutlow said people need to be extremely cautious at rivers this year. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the swift water rescue team at Yosemite National Park, Calif., perform training in the frigid and swift water of the Merced River. The record Sierra Nevada snowpack has officials on high alert as the weather warms and the frigid snowmelt surges down California rivers. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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MTA Interim Executive Director Veronique Hakim speaks during a news conference at Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters, in New York, Monday, June 12, 2017. The Metropolitan Authority Transportation said it needs to cut service by about 20 percent into and out of Penn Station starting next month. New Jersey Transit and Amtrak customers also will be affected by service changes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Investigators work through the debris and charred vehicles after an explosion at a home in Marengo, Ill., Sunday, June 11, 2017. Authorities said Sunday the northern Illinois explosion destroyed two homes and damaged more than 50 others. Marengo Fire Chief Bob Bradbury said officials don't believe anyone was in the two homes at the time of the explosion. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)

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Investigators work through the debris and charred vehicles after an explosion at a home in Marengo, Ill., Sunday, June 11, 2017. Authorities said Sunday the northern Illinois explosion destroyed two homes and damaged more than 50 others. Marengo Fire Chief Bob Bradbury says officials don't believe anyone was in the two homes at the time of the explosion. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)

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FILE -- In this Monday, June 5, 2017 file photo, provided by Doha News, shoppers stock up on supplies at a supermarket in Doha, Qatar after Saudi Arabia closed its land border with Qatar, through which the tiny Gulf nation imports most of its food. Qatar said Monday, June 12, 2017, that it had begun shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf countries that have cut off sea and land routes to the tiny, energy-rich nation, the latest move by Doha to show it can survive a diplomatic dispute with its neighbors. (Doha News via AP, File)

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Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)

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United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)

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United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, right, attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)