Biden named Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and Castner Range National Monument in Texas as the nation's newest monuments.
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totalling more than half a million acres during a speech at the White House's Conservation in Action Summit at the Interior Department.
Wildflowers bloom on the Castner Range, in El Paso, Texas. It served as a training and testing site for the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam War, and was closed in 1966.Biden will also direct the Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to consider creating a new National Marine Sanctuary designation to protect U.S. waters surrounding Pacific islands.
The day of conservation comes as Biden approved more drilling in Alaska for the Willow Project, a move environmental groups have slammed, and one day after the United Nations released a dire climate change report. Joshua trees along Walking Box Ranch Road, with Spirit Mountain in the background, in Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada.Related Topics
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Biden to create two new national monuments in Nevada and TexasU.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will create two new national monuments, in Nevada and Texas, and launch an effort to consider expanding protections for all waters around remote Pacific islands southwest of Hawaii.
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Biden to establish new national monuments in Nevada and TexasThe monuments will protect around 514,000 acres of public lands.
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Biden to create two new national monuments in Nevada and TexasThe moves, which will be announced at a White House summit on conservation, are aimed at delivering on Biden's goal to conserve at least 30% of federal lands and waters by 2030. The two new national monuments will conserve 514,000 acres (208,008 hectares) of public land. The site is sacred to tribes including the Paiute and Chemehuevi, and provides habitat for species such as desert bighorn sheep, desert tortoise and a Joshua tree forest.
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Biden to create national monuments in Nevada, Texas at conservation summitPresident Joe Biden plans on Tuesday to announce the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totalling more than half a million acres, a White House official said.
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Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and TexasPresident Biden on Tuesday will proclaim two vast swaths of land – one in Nevada, the other in West Texas – as national monuments, a designation that effectively preserves a total of nearly 514,000 acres of land from new development.
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Biden to designate national monuments in Nevada and TexasBiden is also asking the Commerce Department to consider a new national marine sanctuary designation to protect all U.S. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii.
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