Future of the newest national monuments looks murky after White House communication
White House communication has caused confusion over the fate of the country's newest national monuments in California.
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Biden creates 2 new national monuments, but bad weather delays the announcement
The White House says President Biden will officially announce two new national monuments next week. Wildfires in California forced changes to his plans for Tuesday.
Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools
The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918.
Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument
In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.
Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it
President Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.
Trump Administration Finalizes Plans To Allow Development On Downsized Monuments
More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.
Critic Of Federal Public Lands Management To Join Department Of The Interior
The Department of the Interior has chosen a prominent property rights attorney in Wyoming as their new deputy solicitor. Its a controversial appointment for environmental groups.
Meet The Restaurateurs Fighting To Save The Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument
Hell's Backbone Grill is an acclaimed restaurant founded nearly 20 years ago at the edge of the Utah monument. Now, amid controversy, its owners are battling Trump's plans to downsize the land.
Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In U.S. History
In a speech in Utah on Monday, President Trump announced that his administration will shrink the Bears Ears National Monument by roughly 85 percent and the Grand Staircase by about half its size.
Trump Administration Wants To Shrink Bears Ears National Monument
Whether the new monument, considered sacred to Native Americans, should be abolished or reduced is the first part of a review of national monuments under an executive order by President Trump.