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What to know about the new national monument in Northern California
Tribal communities in Northern California’s mountainous interior are celebrating the recent designation of Sáttítla Highlands National Monument after decades of advocacy work to increase land protections in the area.
A national monument dreamed up in Northern Colorado will have place on National Mall
After a fight over its placement, a Colorado-born national monument honoring the fight for women's suffrage will have a home on the National Mall.
This new national monument in California has cultural ties to Arizona tribes
The 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument is located just south of Joshua Tree National Park, where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet. The Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe and Colorado River Indian Tribes maintain ancestral ties to the area.
California has two new National Monuments – one was inspired by a single hike 8 months ago
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland pushed for the new National Monument after hiking in this desert landscape last year
Tribes celebrate two new national monuments in California
One protects a highly varied forested area near the Oregon border known for its volcanic activity, and another protects a large swath of desert near Joshua Tree National Park.
Stunning Locals That Will Become Nation's Next National Monuments
Shutterstock / Sean Pavone President Joe Biden has brought a huge land mass under federal protection. According to the Daily Mail, the land in question is roughly some 840,000 acres. The land is spread throughout both southern and northern California.
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Heinrich, Luján and Leger Fernández ask for national monument in waning days of Biden administration
Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation want the Caja del Rio to be designated a national monument in the last ...
A Women's Monument Is Finally Coming To The National Mall
Currently, there are no monuments to women on the National Mall. That's about to change.
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Colorado National Monument year-end review, what’s coming for 2025?
The Colorado National Monument brought in roughly 490,000 visitors in 2024. Within that time, all 23 miles of Rimrock Drive ...
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Chuckwalla becomes a national monument. What’s next for the protected land
The new designation near Joshua Tree National Park protects wildlife and preserves Indigenous spiritual and cultural values ...
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N.M. lawmakers urge Caja del Rio monument — with power lines
The lawmakers joined calls to declare the Caja del Rio a national monument in the final days of the Biden administration.
Bad weather scuttles Biden’s record-setting national monument announcement
President Joe Biden's plans to establish the Sattitla Highlands and Chuckwalla national monuments were scrapped due to winds ...
Minnesota regulators hit pause on controversial gas pipeline near Pipestone National Monument
Minnesota utility regulators on Tuesday rescinded a permit for a gasoline pipeline near Pipestone National Monument, ordering ...
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President Joe Biden creates national monument in Riverside County
Creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument preserves more than 600,000 acres. Bad weather cancels president’s speech.
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President Biden establishes Chuckwalla National Monument, expanding the largest protected landscape in the lower 48 states
Chuckwalla National Monument is a cornerstone in a vast network of protected landscapes across the Southwest. Stretching from ...
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New Mexico lawmakers ask Biden for eleventh-hour monument
Caja del Rio "is a living testament to centuries of New Mexico’s complicated and under-told history,” the Democrats wrote.