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# The Antiquities Act Quandry
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/the-antiquities-act-quandry/
- Published: 2018-02-22T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T17:53:23.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, high country news, reckoning with history, 2018, antiquities act, national monuments, jackson hole, grand teton national park, national parks, national forests, bernard devoto, wyoming, environmental history, alaska native claims settlement act, american west, alaska national  interests lands conservation act, ANILCA, ANSCA

"Reckoning with History: The Antiquities Act quandary," *High Country News* (February 22, 2018). 

[Reckoning with History: The Antiquities Act quandary - High Country NewsThe law has created constant tension between the executive and legislative branches.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-19.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/Jackson-Hole-National-Monument.jpg)](https://www.hcn.org/articles/reckoning-with-history-the-antiquities-act-and-federal-checks?ref=adamsowards.net)