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Tribal leaders and elected officials have renewed a push for a new national monument near Grand Canyon National Park. It builds on previous attempts to protect more than a million acres that are significant to several local tribes.

President Joe Biden has designated two new national monuments: Castner Range, a lush mountainous area in West Texas that once served as a military training ground; and Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada. Its name comes from the Mojave word for Spirit Mountain. It’s a biologically diverse and culturally significant swath of land bordering several other protected areas in the region.

Several tribes and environmental groups have filed legal motions in lawsuits challenging the restoration of national monuments in southern Utah. The groups aim to defend President Joe Biden’s protections of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland toured two national monuments last week in southern Utah. The Biden-Harris administration is considering restoring…

The federal government has unveiled final management plans for two national monuments in Utah that President Donald Trump downsized more than two years…

At least five tribes including the Hopi and Navajo are among more than a dozen groups suing President Trump over his decision to reduce the size of Bears…