National Monuments

Six Southwestern tribes have formed a coalition to defend Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument against potential threats, including reductions in size by the Trump administration.

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.

Native American tribes and conservation groups are pressing President Joe Biden to designate more national monuments before he leaves office next month.

Conservation groups worry President-elect Donald Trump could attempt to rollback some national monuments, as he did in his first term.

The Democratic congressman introduced legislation that would create the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument, which would be co-managed by tribes.

A coalition representing about 1,500 enrolled tribal members is lobbying the federal government to designate nearly 40 square miles as Bahsahwahbee National Monument in eastern Nevada.

The federal Bureau of Land Management is looking to drastically reduce the area open to recreational target shooting within Arizona’s Sonoran Desert National Monument.

A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit by Utah political leaders who asked the courts to declare President Joe Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments unlawful.

President Joe Biden has designated a nearly million-acre national monument near Grand Canyon National Park. It permanently bans new uranium mining in an area that holds spiritual and cultural significance to more than a dozen tribes in the region.

President Joe Biden today will announce his declaration of a nearly million-acre national monument near Grand Canyon National Park. The designation will make permanent a 2012 ban on new uranium mining claims in the area.