The monuments will protect around 514,000 acres of public lands.
Along with the new monuments, Biden is set to announce at a White House summit several other conservation efforts, including protecting U.S. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands.– Continental Divide National Monument in Colorado in October.Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, is located in the southern tip of Nevada and is considered sacred ground by several Native American tribes.
The Castner Range was U.S. Army training and testing site between 1926 and 1966 located in the Franklin Mountains outside of El Paso, Texas. The area was also home to people from several different Native American tribes before the Army began using the land. Both monuments were established through the 1906 Antiquities Act, making them off-limits for development.Biden will also direct Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to begin a process to designate a new national marine sanctuary for all U.S. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii.
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