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The rule from the Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
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Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, called the rule a "much-needed step" to fight climate change and protect the health of communities near drilling sites throughout the West.
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A new poll released today from Colorado College shows that the environment and public lands are top political issues among voters in the West.
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Prescott, Prescott Valley and Yavapai County all came together to purchase 2,284 acres of Glassford Hill land. They plan to integrate the parcel as part of what will be known as the Glassford Dells Regional Park.
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Tribal leaders are praising President Joe Biden’s designation of a million-acre national monument near Grand Canyon National Park. Representatives of more than a dozen tribes were on hand Tuesday when he signed the proclamation.
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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.
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday on a trip to Las Vegas that the newly designated Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada marks a new era of conservation.
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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.
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President Joe Biden has established national monuments in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii.
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President Joe Biden plans to designate the nation’s newest national monument in southern Nevada. The 450,000-acre expanse is sacred to at least a dozen tribes.