Los Angeles TimeAugust 22nd, 2015 3:00 am...Presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt have used the 1906 Antiquities Act to protect "objects of historic or scientific interest." Critics say the act has been abused by presidents of both parties to unreasonably deny the public the right to use the land in a multitude of ways. Feinstein was encouraged to seek presidential action by conservation groups including The Wildlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Mojave Desert Lands Trust and Friends of the Desert Mountains...Read Full Article