By Darlene Superville and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Slamming what he called “a massive federal land grab,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands. The action could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states under The Antiquities Act of 1906, which authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used. The order comes as the president is trying to rack up accomplishments in his first 100 days. During a signing ceremony at the Department of the interior, Trump said the order would end “another egregious abuse of federal power” and “give that power back to the states and to the people where it belongs.” Trump accused the previous administration of using the act to “unilaterally put millions of acres of land and water under strict federal control” — a practice he derailed as “a massive federal land grab.” “Somewhere along the way the Act has become a tool of political advocacy rather than public interest,” said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ahead of the signing.

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