Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered federal officials to review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources.

In a move anticipated by conservationists, the new head of the nation’s Interior Department has called for the review of national monuments and mining protections issued under past presidential administrations.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a secretarial order calling for the review and possible revision of all national monuments and mineral withdrawals established by past U.S.