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,…
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President Biden designates his first national monument!
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…
92 National and Local Groups Call on President Biden to Protect Castner Range on 116th Anniversary of Antiquities Act
Ahead of the 116th anniversary of the Antiquities Act, 92 coalition partners are calling on President Biden to use the powers granted under the Act to designate Castner Range a national monument in a letter sent to the President earlier today. Building on the leadership of Congresswoman Escobar and the El Paso community which…
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…
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