Biden to declare two new national monuments in Nevada, Texas

Biden creates national monuments in the mountains of Nevada and Texas - Washington Hispanic

El presidente Joe Biden dijo el martes que establecerá monumentos nacionales en más de medio millón de acres en Nevada y Texas y creará un santuario marino en aguas estadounidenses cerca de las islas remotas del Pacífico al suroeste de Hawái. Las medidas de conservación están “protegiendo el corazón y el alma de nuestro orgullo nacional”, dijo Biden. Hablando en una cumbre de la Casa Blanca sobre acciones de conservación, Biden dijo que los nuev…

Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains - West Hawaii Today

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments on more than half a million acres in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. The conservation measures are “protecting the heart and soul of our national pride,” Biden said.

Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. The dictum would turn the 777,000 square miles into “the largest ocean area on the planet with the highest level of protection,” Biden wrote on Twitter.

Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains

Conservation and tribal groups praised Biden's actions, but Nevada's new Republican governor slammed the monument designation as “federal confiscation” of Nevada land and “a historic mistake that will cost Nevadans for generations to come.”

Biden officially designates new monuments in Nevada and Texas at conservation summit - Alaska Beacon

On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada. Located at the confluence of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, the national monument protects innumerable objects of historic and scientific interest, including its namesake Avi Kwa Ame – or Spirit Mountain – and the surrounding arid valleys and mountain ranges that are historically important and sacred places for several Tribal Nations. (U.S. Depar…

Biden creates national monuments, marine sanctuary in West

The Democratic president is set to announce the measures Tuesday at a White House summit on conservation action at the Interior Department.