美国国家公共电台 NPR Utah Representative Wants Bears Ears Gone And He Wants Trump To Do It

 

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Republicans want to eliminate one of the nation's newest national monuments. President Obama created the 1.3 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument in Utah just days before he left office. The land which is near the Four Corners region in Utah is considered sacred to Native American tribes. But as NPR's Kirk Siegler reports, the effort to undo¹ the monument is setting up a legal fight.

KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE²: The main character in this story is a relatively³ obscure federal law called the Antiquities⁴ Act that dates back to President Teddy Roosevelt, who famously used it early and often. It was meant to protect ancient artifacts and ruins that at the time were being pilfered⁵ from western lands. It also allows for a president to protect these sites and the lands around them as national monuments without going through Congress.

ROBERT BISHOP⁶: Under the Antiquities Act, there is no ability of having any input⁷.

SIEGLER: One of its biggest critics is Utah Republican Representative Rob Bishop, who chairs the powerful House Natural Resources Committee.

BISHOP: No one ever gets to have a say. You don't work out things in advance. It has to be a gotcha moment where the president unveils something unilaterally.

SIEGLER: Bishop wants the Trump⁸ administration to also act by executive order and either shrink the Bears Ears Monument or nullify it altogether. Bears Ears connects a huge protected corridor that links several monuments that ultimately bring you to the Grand Canyon⁹.

BISHOP: It is the wrong size. It does not take into account the various uses that the land can do.

SIEGLER: And that's the big rub for Bishop. A national monument designation generally means new oil and gas drilling or, say, cattle grazing is off limits. Only the existing leases that are grandfathered in can be developed.

Now, what Bishop is talking about doing, overturning a national monument of this size, that's never been done before. And the law here is murky¹⁰, according to University of Colorado law professor Mark Squillace.

MARK SQUILLACE: And that's because the way that the Antiquities Act is structured, it essentially¹¹ authorizes¹² the president to proclaim but not to modify or revoke¹³ national monuments.

SIEGLER: Under the Act, only Congress can revoke a national monument outright¹⁴. But Squillace isn't sure the Utah congressional delegation¹⁵ has the votes.

SQUILLACE: It turns out that the designation of national monuments is very popular with the public.

SIEGLER: It's not yet clear what the new administration's move will be on Bears Ears, if there's one at all. During his Senate confirmation¹⁶ hearing, the president's nominee¹⁷ for Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, had this to say about using the Antiquities Act in the reverse.

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RYAN ZINKE: Legally, it's untested. There is no statement that authorized¹⁸ rescinding¹⁹.

SIEGLER: Zinke did say the public has generally benefited from a lot of national monuments. Economic studies have shown rural towns around them often see increases in tourism and recreation business. Congressman²⁰ Rob Bishop isn't buying it in Utah.

BISHOP: In the name of saying we're doing something for everyone, you actually hurt people, especially those - especially those who live in that particular area.

SIEGLER: San Juan County, home to Bears Ears, is the poorest county in the state. And Bishop wants more local control of federal public land. An analysis by the Center of Responsive Politics, however, found that he gets more campaign donations from outside his home state than any other lawmaker in the House, much of that coming from energy and agribusiness.

And one thing is clear - the fight over the future of the Bears Ears National Monument extends far beyond Utah.

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTORS: (Chanting) Public lands in public hands.

SIEGLER: At the Utah state capitol recently, Cynthia Wilson of the Navajo Nation protested the state legislature's passage of a resolution condemning²¹ Bears Ears.

CYNTHIA WILSON: As indigenous²² people, this is nothing new to us. We have always been attacked on over our ancestral lands. And we're going to keep defending this monument. And we are resilient.

SIEGLER: Many tribes are pledging to mobilize from around the country to Utah to fight for the protection of Bears Ears if needed. Kirk Siegler, NPR News.

1 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 antiquities   

n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 )；古迹；古人们；古代的风俗习惯

参考例句：

• There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
• Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句

5 pilfered   

v.偷窃（小东西），小偷( pilfer的过去式和过去分词 )；偷窃（一般指小偷小摸）

参考例句：

• Oh, I remember. Lost, pilfered, short-shipped or something. 噢，我想起来了，是有关遗失、被盗、短缺之类的事。 来自商贸英语会话
• The pilfered was let off with some good advice. 小偷经教育后释放。 来自互联网

6 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

7 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

9 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

10 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

11 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

12 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

13 revoke   

v.废除，取消，撤回

参考例句：

• The university may revoke my diploma.大学可能吊销我的毕业证书。
• The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。

14 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

15 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

16 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

17 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

18 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

19 rescinding   

v.废除，取消( rescind的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• You realize this effectively kills any chance we have of rescinding that order. 你意识到了这样我们就没机会废除这一命令？ 来自电影对白

20 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

21 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

22 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。