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“The legacy of the Antiquities Act was so much about the protection of public lands in America,” Luong said. The author is a staunch defender of The Antiquities Act of 1906, used by 16 presidents to designate as untouchable more than 100 national monuments. “Some of the boldest actions of conservation in America came from the designation of national monuments, especially in the last few decades,” Luong said in a recent interview. 9, pairing sweeping photographs with testimonials from key preservationists involved in each designation effort.īy pointing his camera lens at pink-and-orange sunsets above Mount Wilson in the pine-topped San Gabriel Mountains, the peaks of San Gorgonio and the rippling Cadiz Dunes of Mojave Trails, Luong worked to make the case for keeping these and other off-the-beaten-path wildlands preserved for perpetuity. “America’s Hidden Gems” was released Nov. The unprecedented presidential review and scaling back of some established national monuments led Luong to write in his book’s introduction: “We can no longer take designations for granted.”
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The threat to spoil untouched lands with oil and gas extraction or mining prompted Luong to visit each monument under review and tell their stories in pictures and essays.