Public lands offer the best place for recreation. Speak up and protect them | Land Tawney

Land Tawney, president of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, explains why the fight for national monuments is a battle sportsmen and women must win

Signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used by 16 presidents - eight Republicans and eight Democrats - to safeguard millions of acres of exceptional public lands and waters, including outstanding fish and wildlife habitat that provides some of the best hiking, camping, floating, hunting and fishing in the country.

On 26 April, however, Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the review of 27 national monuments nationwide, launching an unprecedented reassessment by the interior department.