Murkowski wants Alaskans approval for future national monuments

Misty Fiords National Monument is known for its dramatic granite cliffs. Pictured is a view from Rudyerd Bay. (File photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)Alaska has five national monuments — public lands that are given special protections, and Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski doesn’t want anymore of the state added to that list.
She re-introduced a congressional bill in January to limit the Antiquities Act, which gives the president the sweeping authority to make those designations