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Correction: Interior Secretary Homecoming story

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

US: Canyons of the Ancients not a priority for review

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In this June 15, 2005, file photo, flames from methane burning at the landfill in Coventry, Vt. The Trump administration is delaying two Obama-era regulations aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Zinke pledges to enforce Obama-era methane rule amid rewrite

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke talks with reporters with part of Mount Katahdin in the background at the Katahdin Woods And Waters National Monument near Staceyville, Maine, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Zinke praised the beauty of the national monument Wednesday and said he's &quot;comfortable&quot; with the National Park Service property remaining in public hands. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle) ** FILE **

Interior chief: US ownership of Maine wilderness ‘settled’

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FILE - This May 8, 2017 file photo, shows an aerial view of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument revealing the vast landscape of the 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah protected by President Barack Obama on Dec. 28, 2016. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to downsize the new Bears Ears National Monument in Utah was applauded by the state's top Republican leaders but marked a stinging setback for a coalition of Western tribes that pushed for protection of lands they consider sacred. (Francisco Kjolseth /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

The Latest: Zinke content with Maine monument as public land

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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, the Wassataquoik Stream flows through Township 3, Range 8, Maine, on land owned by environmentalist Roxanne Quimby, the co-founder of Burt's Bees personal care products company. Quimby's foundation donated the area in August 2016 to the federal government for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is slated to visit the Katahdin national monument on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, as part of a tour of national monuments that are under review. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

US Interior chief ‘comfortable’ keeping Maine land public

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Zinke on Monday, June 12, 2017, recommended that the new national monument in Utah be reduced in size and said Congress should step in to designate how selected areas of the 1.3 million-acre site are managed. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, File)

The Latest: Utah monument recommendation spurs action

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Bears Ears National Monument in Utah includes the "House on Fire" ruins in Mule Canyon. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that the monument be reduced in size and says Congress should step in to designate how selected areas of the 1.3-million-acre site are categorized. (Associated Press/File)

Bears Ears monument must be greatly reduced, Ryan Zinke tells Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, the &quot;Bears Ears&quot; buttes are shown near Blanding, Utah. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that the new Bears Ears National Monument in Utah be reduced in size and says Congress should step in to designate how selected areas of the 1.3 million-acre site are categorized. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Interior head suggests reducing Bears Ears National Monument

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western states where the bird lives are fully consulted. Zinke says that while the federal government has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act to protect the ground-dwelling bird, “we also have a responsibility to be a good neighbor and a good partner.” He says a directive that could “destroy local economies” or impose onerous regulations on public lands “is no way to be a good neighbor.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Interior Dept. to review sage grouse policy, reviving fight with environmentalists

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western states where the bird lives are fully consulted. Zinke says that while the federal government has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act to protect the ground-dwelling bird, “we also have a responsibility to be a good neighbor and a good partner.” He says a directive that could “destroy local economies” or impose onerous regulations on public lands “is no way to be a good neighbor.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Interior chief to review sage-grouse conservation plan

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speak in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, June 2, 2017. Both emphasized cooperation among federal, state, tribal and local agencies in battling wildfires as the main part of the wildfire season arrives. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

US agencies emphasize cooperation entering wildfire season

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Zinke orders petroleum reviews in Alaska

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2017, file photo, shows an aerial view of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument revealing the vast landscape of the 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah protected by President Barack Obama on Dec. 28, 2016. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will have tens of thousands of comments to potentially look over as he prepares a recommendation next month for President Donald Trump about whether the new Bears Ears National Monument should be preserved, downsized or rescinded. (Francisco Kjolseth /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Bear Eyes monument status generates 57K public comments

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Zinke to visit Alaska

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Republican candidate for Montana's only U.S. House seat, Greg Gianforte, sits in a vehicle near a Discovery Drive building Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Bozeman, Mont. A reporter said Gianforte &quot;body-slammed&quot; him Wednesday, the day before the special election. (Freddy Monares/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)

The Latest: Democrat concedes to Gianforte in Montana race

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Montana Editorial Roundup

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Zinke to visit Grand Staircase monument

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A banner sign hangs in Blanding, Utah, Monday, May 8, 2017. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Zinke flew Monday morning, May 8, 2017, from Salt Lake City to Blanding, Utah, where he took a helicopter tour along with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to see Bears Ears National Monument on lands considered sacred to a coalition of five tribes. (AP Photo/Michelle Price)

Correction: Zinke-National Monuments-The Latest story

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (third from left in sunglasses), is joined by San Juan County Commission Chairman Phil Lyman as he overlooks the Butler Wash Indian Ruins within the Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. (Associated Press)

Ryan Zinke, interior secretary, admires monuments before review to revoke designations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times