National Monuments

Other avenues to change the monument’s name are on hold while Congress considers the bill.

Biden has created six new monuments and expanded or restored more. He’s had a particular emphasis on protections called for by tribes.

The arguments center around a federal law signed in 1906 called the Antiquities Act, which allows presidents to protect areas of federal lands with “critical natural, historical and scientific resources.”

A coalition of Western conservationists and tribes are working to protect more public lands before the November presidential election.

A new report highlights how states in the West benefit from national monuments, which are waters and lands that are permanently protected.

In its first three years, the Biden administration has protected millions of acres and spent billions on conservation.

A new report from several groups advocates for federal officials to take into consideration the interests of hunters and anglers when proposing national monument designations. Doing so, the groups argue, will help build more robust coalitions for what they say is a critical conservation tool in a context of political polarization.

The proposed monument's name would include the Havasupai phrase "Baaj Nwaavjo," which means "where tribes roam," and the Hopi phrase "I’tah Kukveni," which means "our footprints."

President Joe Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame, a mountainous area in Nevada that’s revered by many tribes, as a national monument Tuesday.

A coalition that includes the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe is calling on the federal government to declare an area in Nevada the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.