{"id":2391273,"date":"2025-01-16T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-pledges-to-restore-responsible-stewardship-to-interior\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:15:22","slug":"burgum-pledges-to-restore-responsible-stewardship-to-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-pledges-to-restore-responsible-stewardship-to-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgum Pledges To Restore Responsible Stewardship To Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburgum-pledges-to-restore-responsible-stewardship-to-interior%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>in a confirmation hearing\u2062 on\u2063 Thursday,doug\u2062 Burgum,former North Dakota governor \u200band trump\u2019s nominee for Interior Secretary,pledged to improve the management of America\u2019s public lands\u200c and \u200benhance energy production \u2064within the contry. he emphasized that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-touts-gops-new-2024-platform-we-are-party-of-common-sense\/\" title=\"Trump Touts GOP&#039;s New 2024 Platform: We Are &#039;Party of Common Sense&#039;\">restoring energy dominance<\/a>\u2063 is vital \u2062for American \u200cprosperity and national security, arguing that when U.S.energy \u200dproduction \u2064is limited, it simply shifts to less environmentally\u2062 responsible countries such as \u200cRussia and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Senators, especially \u2062Republican Mike Lee from Utah, criticized the previous management for using\u2063 the Antiquities Act to establish national monuments without congressional \u2062approval. This Act, initially \u200dintroduced by\u2063 Theodore Roosevelt\u200d in 1906, allows for the protection \u2063of\u200b specific areas \u2063of land. Lee highlighted President Biden&#8217;s designation of \u200cnew\u2064 monuments and the\u2064 expansion of\u200c existing ones,\u2063 which \u200dcover vast areas \u200dand limit local land\u2062 use without local input. He urged Burgum\u2063 to work with \u200dlawmakers to reassess these\u2064 designations and consult local communities that\u200d felt overlooked. Burgum\u200d expressed his agreement with Lee on this issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In his confirmation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ca0I0231HOs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing<\/a> on Thursday, former North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump&rsquo;s nominee for Interior secretary, told lawmakers he would restore responsible management to America&rsquo;s public lands while unleashing the nation&rsquo;s energy potential.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people have clearly placed their confidence in President Trump to achieve energy dominance,&rdquo; Burgum said in his opening statement. &ldquo;By energy dominance, that&rsquo;s the foundation of American prosperity, affordability for American families, and unrivaled national security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, America produces energy cleaner, smarter, and safer than anywhere in the world,&rdquo; Burgum added. &ldquo;When energy production is restricted in America, it doesn&rsquo;t reduce demand. It just shifts productions to countries like Russia and Iran, whose autocratic leaders not only don&rsquo;t care about the environment, but they use their revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies.<\/p>\n<p>But while Burgum emphasized his commitment to reclaiming energy dominance as &ldquo;America&rsquo;s big stick,&rdquo; senators also pressed Trump&rsquo;s pick for Interior secretary about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-endorses-top-cheney-opponent-harriet-hageman-in-wyoming\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Endorses Top Cheney Opponent Harriet Hageman In Wyoming\">myriad public lands issues<\/a> that have frustrated Republicans under the outgoing administration for years.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, the Republican chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, presided over the hearing and opened the question period with a condemnation of Democrat presidents exploiting the Antiquities Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">establish quasi-national parks<\/a> without congressional approval. <\/p>\n<p>Passed in 1906, the Antiquities Act was first used by President Theodore Roosevelt to protect the Wyoming site at Devil&rsquo;s Tower. The site roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/deto\/planyourvisit\/placestogo.htm#:~:text=Devils%20Tower%20National%20Monument%20is,and%20the%20visitor%20center%20hub.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1,300<\/a> acres in compliance with the law&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/54\/320301\">mandate<\/a> to preserve the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-aims-to-reform-antiquities-act-block-federal-land-grabs\/\" title=\"GOP Aims To Reform Antiquities Act, Block Federal Land Grabs\">smallest area compatible&#038;rdquo<\/a>; with proper care. President Biden, however, established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/07\/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10<\/a> new national monuments without congressional approval under the Antiquities Act and expanded several others, with the size of protections larger than entire national parks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These have become something of a political football,&rdquo; Lee said, referencing the monument designations of colossal sites at Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Joe Biden&rsquo;s reinstating their Obama-era boundaries. The monuments cover more than three million acres, making them <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/13\/why-joe-bidens-expansion-of-bears-ears-national-monument-is-an-aggressive-land-grab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">larger<\/a> than nearby parks at Zion and Bryce Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the size of two Delawares within my state that have been moved into this very restricted use classification,&rdquo; Lee said. &ldquo;The point is not that there aren&rsquo;t beautiful things to protect in the state, but the line was drawn so big, and the monument was made so expansive in part because local leaders weren&rsquo;t consulted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Designating public lands as monuments&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalforests.org\/blog\/what-are-the-differences-between-national-parks-and-national-forests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">removes<\/a>&nbsp;the multiple-use mandate that allows residents to capitalize and more freely recreate on public property.<\/p>\n<p>Lee asked Burgum to cooperate with lawmakers to reexamine the monuments&rsquo; boundaries and make a trip to Utah to &ldquo;meet with those whose voices were ignored by the Biden administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Burgum agreed with Lee&rsquo;s assessment of the law&rsquo;s abuse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It states very clearly that it&rsquo;s the &lsquo;smallest possible area&rsquo; to protect those objects,&rdquo; Burgum said. &ldquo;Its original intention was really to protect as it says, &lsquo;antiquities,&rsquo; areas like, I would say, Indiana Jones-type archeological protections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Burgum testified in pursuit of Senate confirmation as the nation&rsquo;s public lands chief, a pair of western GOP House members introduced the &ldquo;Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act,&rdquo; which would give the authority to unilaterally establish national monuments to Congress instead of the president. The bill&rsquo;s sponsors, Reps. Celeste Maloy of Utah and Mark Amodei of Nevada, both come from states where two-thirds or more of land is <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Federal_land_ownership_by_state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">owned<\/a> by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress trusted Presidents with a narrow authority to declare national monuments in the Antiquities Act,&rdquo; Maloy said in a press release. &ldquo;Unfortunately, Presidents have continued to abuse that narrow authority to designate millions of acres of land in Utah and across the West without proper Congressional oversight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Early in the hearing, Burgum was also asked by Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican from Montana, whether the new administration would objectively reexamine the Biden administration&rsquo;s recent ruling on grizzly bears. Last week, the Fish and Wildlife Service <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/09\/harriet-hageman-slams-biden-administrations-refusal-to-delist-grizzly-bears-as-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> petitions from Montana and Wyoming to delist the bears in each state as endangered despite exceeding their recovery goals. The ruling, Daines said, &ldquo;punishes Montana&rsquo;s successful grizzly bear recovery efforts.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should be celebrating the recovery, but instead we are now having to sacrifice to adjust living with the bear with its predation losses by livestock producers as well as human safety,&rdquo; Daines said. &ldquo;Sadly, many Montanans have been killed, badly mauled by grizzly bears, so the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-to-announce-plan-to-pull-all-us-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-11\/\" title=\"President Biden To Announce Plan To Pull All US Troops From Afghanistan By September 11\">people back home<\/a> take this very, very seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:&nbsp;[RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/17\/the-feds-want-to-unleash-grizzly-bears-will-they-reintroduce-wolves-in-boston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letting Grizzlies Terrorize Ranchers Is Climate Crazies&rsquo; Next Anti-Civilization Crusade<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Service keeps moving these goalposts for delisting and returning these bears to state management,&rdquo; Daines added. &ldquo;Would you acknowledge that the data shows the recovery of these two populations and commit to working with me to delist them?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Burgum said he agreed with the senator&rsquo;s assessment. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should be celebrating when species come off the endangered species list as opposed to &hellip; fighting every way we can to try to keep them on that list,&rdquo; Burgum said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Burgum, Trump&#8217;s nominee for Interior secretary, pledged to manage public lands responsibly and boost energy potential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2391274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Burgum.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28356,17353,36279,45047,48623],"class_list":["post-2391273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-burgum","tag-conservation","tag-environmental-policy","tag-interior-department","tag-stewardship"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Burgum.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391277,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391273\/revisions\/2391277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}