US: Montana's Breaks Monument 'Likely' Will Not Be Changed

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WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced changes to Montana's Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument will probably not happen.

Zinke said he "likely" won't recommend changes to the 586-square-mile (1,520-square-kilometer) monument that President Bill Clinton created in 2001 using the Antiquities Act, The Great Falls Tribune reported (http://gftrib.com/2t13lTE ).

Gov. Steve Bullock sent a letter to Zinke last week asking him to keep the Breaks monument unchanged. Zinke upheld the governor's request on Tuesday in his hometown of Whitefish following a speech to the Western Governors' Association.

"The elected officials and the vast majority of Montanans are comfortable with the Missouri Breaks as it is," Zinke said. "The governor certainly is. And I see no reason to change that."

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2017-06-28/us-montanas-breaks-monument-likely-will-not-be-changed

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