June 20, 2017

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

RE: April 26, 2017 Executive Order instructing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review any national monument created since Jan. 1, 1996, specifically The Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona

Dear Secretary Zinke,

I agree categorically and in detail with the comments provided today by James Briscoe (link below).

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Rather than protecting species, The Ironwood National Monument designation has been used as part of a scorched-earth 'environmental' 'Activism' strategy that seeks to oppose ALL natural resource utilization regardless of the environmental and economic facts that are well established.

Please bring balanced common sense to bear on this issue.

Sincerely,

xxxx  xxxxx
Major, U.S. Army (ret)

xxxxxx, Massachusetts