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Rep. Paul Cook Sells Out Constituents - and Nation - Instructs DOI to eliminate and reduce national monuments (The Sun Runner)

The Sun RunnerJuly 12th, 2017“It is outrageous that Rep. Cook would go behind the backs of his constituents to argue that one of our Mojave Monuments be diminished," said Danielle Segura, executive director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust.  "The Mojave Desert Land Trust has invested in this landscape for over a decade, and worked alongside many diverse local groups, to create this monument. Rep. Cook couldn’t even wait until the public had commented before trying to strip protections on land important to the local community.”Read Full Article