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FILE - In this July 10, 2015, file photo, trees frame Lake Berryessa with California's newest national monument in the background near Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, in Calif. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he’s recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

AP Explains: What’s a national monument?

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

Fate of 1st Atlantic marine monument likely headed to court

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, fog rises from the Penobscot River's East Branch in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he’s recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated, including Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The Latest: Critics want Trump to overrule Zinke’s proposal

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FILE - In this May 28, 2013, file photo, a hiker walks on a rock formation known as The Wave in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he's recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated, including the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

US interior chief recommends changes on some protected lands

By MATTHEW BROWN and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

The Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. (Associated Press)

Grand Staircase-Escalante monument paring down by Donald Trump to test Antiquities Act

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 6, 2017 file photo, hundreds of people gather during the Monumental Rally for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Conservation groups are airing TV ads, planning rallies and creating parody websites in a last-minute blitz to persuade Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to refrain from reducing or eliminating large swaths of land across the country that have been designated as national monuments, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Tribal coalition joins blitz to save national monument areas

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Interior Department social media following dominates federal agencies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Zinke supports opening access to New Mexico wilderness site

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Mesquite water official airs concern over Gold Butte springs

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Ryan Zinke to relax Obama-era rules on sage grouse

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Interior won’t change Arizona monument designation

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gives a press conference at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, in Las Cruces, N.M., Thursday July 27, 2017. Zinke is visiting New Mexico this week as part of his nationwide tour connected to a review of 27 national monument designations. (Josh Bachman /The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

Ryan Zinke spares another monument; no changes to Grand Canyon-Parashant

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE--In this March 29, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke talks with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska at the Interior Department in Washington. The Interior Department's internal watchdog says she is investigating phone calls by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to Alaska's Republican senators seeking support for the GOP health care bill. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, file)

Interior watchdog reviewing Zinke’s calls to Alaska senators

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, taken, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, Zinke and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska enjoy Alaskan beer in Washington. Zinke says he’s mended fences with Murkowski after a widely reported dispute over Murkowski’s vote to oppose the GOP health care bill. Zinke tweeted a photo of the two enjoying the beers at his Washington home. (Office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via AP)

Interior chief says he and Alaska senator bond over beers

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he believes the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument should be left alone. (Associated Press)

Ryan Zinke’s national monument review process criticized

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Lisa Murkowski, Ryan Zinke reach health care detente over beers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he believes the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument should be left alone. (Associated Press)

Interior chief Zinke spares another monument, recommends no changes to Upper Missouri River Breaks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2011 file photo, a group canoes through the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument near Fort Benton, Mont. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he will not recommend changes to Montana's Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument as he continues to review national monuments for possible elimination or reduction. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Interior won’t change Montana monument designation

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

People hold up signs during a news conference by supporters of the Basin and Range and Gold Butte National Monuments, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Las Vegas. The supporters held the news conference after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke cancelled a meeting with Gold Butte advocates scheduled for Monday. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nevada Democrats fault Interior chief over canceled meetings

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks with members of the media during a news conference near Gold Butte National Monument in Bunkerville, Nev., Saturday, July 30, 2017. Zinke is touring several national monuments as part of an ongoing review. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Interior chief ends Nevada trip for Monday Cabinet meeting

By KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press