On Wednesday, President Trump traveled to the Department of the Interior, signing an executive order targeting our national monuments. The order will launch a review of national monuments designated in the last 21 years, a precursor to eliminating protections for some of our most spectacular lands. This is the beginning of an all-out assault on our national monuments, which have protected iconic places, from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty, since the passage of the Antiquities Act in 1906.
Here are five important things to know about today’s announcement from the president: