Sentence examples for monument status from inspiring English sources

In 1986, the site was given national monument status.

Monument status for the Breaks has also annoyed industry groups, like the Northwest Mining Association, that fear that monument status would further limit commercial and recreational use of the land around the Breaks.

In fact, national monument status gives protection from destruction and development to "objects of historic or scientific interest".

But some cattlemen fear that monument status will prevent them from running their ranches as they see fit.

Monument status would give them "a long-term, even permanent protection for the benefit of the American people to come".

But environmentalists say the oversize coniferous trees need the long-term protection that monument status will bring.

He said he worried that national monument status could lead to the equivalent of "Disneyfication" in that corner of the West Village.

"This is the least inhabited, most precious part of the Lower 48," Mr. Ambrose has said in advocating national monument status.

Environmentalists argue that by giving the area monument status, Mr. Clinton would also be giving it an extra layer of protection.

But for tactical reasons, Mr. Clinton may be justified in not pushing for monument status, however attractive as a matter of principle.

Land that has been given monument status may no longer be used for any purpose or in any way that would change its character.