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LA Times Today: Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources

LA Times Today: Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources

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There are more than 100 national monuments across the United States, stretching from coast to coast. They are protected as sites of significant cultural and ecological resources.

But a new directive from the Trump administration could open these protected lands to logging, mining, and drilling.

L.A. Times wildlife reporter Lila Seidman joined Lisa McRee with more.

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