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Official Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range National Monument Designations!

The official day has finally arrived! In November, President Biden announced during the annual White House Tribal Nations Summit that he intended to designate Avi Kwa Ame in Southern Nevada a national monument and last March, Secretary Haaland visited Castner Range in Texas. Today, the President honored his commitment to Tribal leaders, local elected leaders,…

President Biden designates his first national monument!

Historic photo of Camp Hale veterans skiing

It’s here! President Joe Biden designated his first national monument today in Colorado – the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument. Our country’s newest national monument, located just two hours west of Denver, honors our nation’s veterans and their contribution to our military legacy by protecting the place, Camp Hale, where the 10th Mountain Division trained…

Ahead of Public Lands Day, 100 Groups Call on Biden to Designate Avi Kwa Ame a National Monument

In a letter sent yesterday, 100 organizations representing millions of members and supporters across the country join the Indigenous leaders and nations, state and local governments, conservation organizations, outdoor recreationists, small businesses, artists, and advocates urging President Biden to designate Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument. The letter comes ahead of Public Lands Day…

ORGANIZATIONS, AQUARIUMS AND BUSINESSES THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR RESTORING MONUMENT PROTECTIONS

More than 150 organizations, aquariums, and businesses joined a letter addressed to President Biden, Secretary Haaland, Secretary Raimondo, Secretary Vilsack, Chair Mallory, Ms. Gina McCarthy and Administrator Spinrad, enthusiastically thanking them for their actions restoring full protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments. All three of the recently…