Antiquities Act: actions_under_antiquities_act.csv

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This table contains the data behind the story Trump Might Be The First President To Scrap A National Monument.

This data was compiled by the National Parks Conservation Association and includes national monuments that were created by presidents by under the Antiquities Act. It does not include national monuments created by Congress.

Header Definition
current_name Current name of piece of land designated under the Antiquities Act
states State(s) or territory where land is located
original_name If included, original name of piece of land designated under the Antiquities Act
current_agency Current land management agency. NPS = National Parks Service, BLM = Bureau of Land Management, USFS = US Forest Service, FWS = US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA = National Oceanic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
action Type of action taken on land
date Date of action
year Year of action
pres_or_congress President or congress that issued action
acres_affected Acres affected by action. Note that total current acreage is not included. National monuments that cover ocean are listed in square miles.

Sources: National Parks Conservation Association and National Parks Service Archeology Program

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

15 rows where pres_or_congress = "W. Taft"

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Link rowid ▼ current_name states original_name current_agency action date year pres_or_congress acres_affected
9 9 Petrified Forest National Park Arizona Petrified Forest National Monument NPS Diminished 7/31/11 1911 W. Taft 25,625.60
42 42 Natural Bridges National Monument Utah   NPS Enlarged 9/25/09 1909 W. Taft 2,620
47 47 Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park Montana Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument State of Montana Boundaries Confirmed 5/16/11 1911 W. Taft 160
57 57 Olympic National Park Washington Mount Olympus NPS Diminished 4/17/12 1912 W. Taft 160
61 61 Navajo National Monument Arizona   NPS Established 3/20/09 1909 W. Taft 360
62 62 Navajo National Monument Arizona   NPS Diminished 3/14/12 1912 W. Taft 320
63 63 Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve Oregon Oregon Caves National Monument NPS Established 7/12/09 1909 W. Taft 465.8
66 66 Zion National Park Utah Mukuntu-Weap/Zion National Monument NPS Established 7/31/09 1909 W. Taft 16,000
69 69 Spirit Mountain Cave Wyoming Shoshone Cavern BLM Established 9/21/09 1909 W. Taft 210
71 71 Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument New Mexico Gran Quivira NPS Established 11/1/09 1909 W. Taft 160
75 75 Sitka National Historical Park Alaska Sitka National Monument NPS Established 3/23/10 1910 W. Taft 57
79 79 Rainbow Bridge National Monument Utah   NPS Established 5/30/10 1910 W. Taft 160
80 80 Big Hole National Battlefield Montana Big Hole Battlefield National Monument NPS Established 6/23/10 1910 W. Taft 5
83 83 Colorado National Monument Colorado   NPS Established 5/24/11 1911 W. Taft 13,883.06
87 87 Devils Postpile National Monument California   NPS Established 7/6/11 1911 W. Taft 798.46

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CREATE TABLE "antiquities-act/actions_under_antiquities_act" (
"current_name" TEXT,
  "states" TEXT,
  "original_name" TEXT,
  "current_agency" TEXT,
  "action" TEXT,
  "date" TEXT,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "pres_or_congress" TEXT,
  "acres_affected" TEXT
);