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** Biden to establish new national monument for Emmett Till
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Monday, July 24, 2023
Graball Landing in Mississippi, the location along the Tallahatchie River where Emmett Till's body was found and one of three sites President Biden will designate as a national monument. Richard Binhammer | Flickr ([link removed])

This week, President Joe Biden will use ([link removed]) his authority under the Antiquities Act to designate a new national monument in honor of Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was abducted and killed in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

The designation will happen on Tuesday—what would have been Till's 82nd birthday. The monument will consist of three protected sites: one at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the Chicago church where his funeral was held; and two in Mississippi, where he was killed. The monument will be the fourth Biden has created since taking office in 2021, and will serve as an important use of the Antiquities Act to protect and preserve areas of cultural significance ([link removed]) that tell the story of America.

The murder of Till and the subsequent activism of his mother fueled the civil rights movement. In particular, his mother's decision to have an open casket at his funeral displaying the brutality of the 14-year-old’s death is said ([link removed]) to have been a catalyst for the movement, demonstrating the unsettling reality of racist violence.
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** Biden to establish a national monument for Emmett Till
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** This federal regulator could crack down on fraudulent carbon offsets
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Grist ([link removed])


** The case of the Colorado River’s missing water
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** ‘Too important not to protect:’ National monument proposed at Grand Canyon
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Arizona Mirror ([link removed])


** Colorado is first in the U.S. to make rules tying pollution reduction to oil and gas production
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])


** BLM picks satellites over lithium on Nevada lands
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** Liability fears block access to iconic Colorado peaks
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Washington Post ([link removed])


** "Oppenheimer" brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics
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” This new national monument is the physical evidence and a living testimony to the legacy of one family whose unimaginable tragedy led our nation one step closer to the arc of justice.”
—Brent Leggs, executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington Post ([link removed])
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Coming out of my cave and I’ve been doing just fine.

Burrowing owls, sometimes called “howdy birds” for their tendency to nod in greeting, can be found in open areas like prairies, deserts, and grasslands. As their name suggests, they live in burrows (not caves but that rhymed 🤷) that they create or “borrow” from prairie dogs and other burrowing animals. The owlet pictured here was spotted between Steens Mountain and the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeast Oregon. 🦉

Burrowing owl populations have been declining in recent years due to habitat loss from agriculture, construction and development activities.

📷 Miranda Crowell. Burrowing owlet in southeast Oregon, Bureau of Land Management Oregon/ Washington

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