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Trump Might Be The First President To Scrap A National Monument
Description
The raw data behind the story "Trump Might Be The First President To Scrap A National Monument" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-might-be-the-first-president-to-scrap-a-national-monument/.
Usage
antiquities_act
Format
A data frame with 344 rows representing acts and 9 variables (Note that 7 of the original rows failed to parse and are omitted here):
- current_name
Current name of piece of land designated under the Antiquities Act
- states
State(s) or territory where land is located
- original_name
If included, original name of piece of land designated under the Antiquities Act
- current_agency
Current land management agency. NPS = National Parks Service, BLM = Bureau of Land Management, USFS = US Forest Service, FWS = US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA = National Oceanic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- action
Type of action taken on land
- date
Date of action
- year
Year of action
- pres_or_congress
President or congress that issued action
- acres_affected
Acres affected by action. Note that total current acreage is not included. National monuments that cover ocean are listed in square miles.
Source
National Parks Conservation Association https://www.npca.org/ and National Parks Service Archeology Program https://www.nps.gov/history/archeology/sites/antiquities/MonumentsList.htm