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

21 rows where states = "Colorado"

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Link rowid ▼ current_name states original_name current_agency action date year pres_or_congress acres_affected
54 54 Part of Rio Grande National Forest Colorado Wheeler National Monument BLM Established 12/7/08 1908 T. Roosevelt 300
55 55 Part of Rio Grande National Forest Colorado Wheeler National Monument BLM Transferred to BLM, part of Rio Grande National Forest 8/3/50 1950 81st Congress  
83 83 Colorado National Monument Colorado   NPS Established 5/24/11 1911 W. Taft 13,883.06
84 84 Colorado National Monument Colorado   NPS Enlarged 3/3/33 1933 H. Hoover  
85 85 Colorado National Monument Colorado   NPS Diminished 8/7/59 1959 D. Eisenhower 211
86 86 Colorado National Monument Colorado   NPS Enlarged       120
122 122 Yucca House National Monument Colorado   NPS Established 12/19/19 1919 W. Wilson 9.6
188 188 Part of White River National Forest Colorado Holy Cross National Monument USFS Established 5/11/29 1929 H. Hoover 1,392
189 189 Part of White River National Forest Colorado Holy Cross National Monument USFS Redesignated under Forest Service 8/3/50 1950 81st Congress  
192 192 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Monument NPS Established 3/17/32 1932 H. Hoover 35,528.36
193 193 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Monument NPS Resurveyed & Modified 3/12/46 1946 H. Truman  
194 194 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Monument NPS Enlarged 6/7/56 1956 D. Eisenhower 960
195 195 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Monument NPS Diminished       9880
196 196 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Monument NPS Renamed National Park & Preserve 11/22/00 2000 106th Congress  
212 212 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument NPS Established 3/2/33 1933 H. Hoover 10,287.95
213 213 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument NPS Enlarged 5/16/38 1938 F. D. Roosevelt 100
214 214 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument NPS Enlarged 10/28/39 1939 F. D. Roosevelt 2,760
215 215 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument NPS Diminished 4/8/60 1960 D. Eisenhower 470
216 216 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument NPS Redesignated NP 1/6/99 1999 103d Congress  
288 288 Canyon of the Ancients National Monument Colorado   BLM Established 6/9/00 2000 W. Clinton 164,000
316 316 Chimney Rock National Monument Colorado   USFS Established 9/21/12 2012 B. H. Obama 4,726

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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
);