What Is the Antiquities Act and Why Does President Trump Want to Change It? The 1906 law, enacted under Theodore Roosevelt, has been used by presidents to protect vast tracts of public land from development and exploitation. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Moon Express set to be first private firm to reach and MINE the moonStudy Maps ‘Uniquely Devastating’ Genital Injuries Among TroopsFreak rain brings prehistoric ‘alien’ shrimp BACK TO LIFESpaceX Launches Rocket, Its First Since Explosion on LaunchpadSuperbugs ‘to kill 10 MILLION’ as US woman dies from antibiotic-resistant infectionFish in SPACE reveal how zero-gravity weakens astronauts' bones