There are many opportunities in the coming months for Biden to protect important public lands, cement his conservation legacy
Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities
** Tribes celebrate monument anniversary, and there's more to be done
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Friday, August 9, 2024
Tribal members and others celebrate President Biden's designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in August 2023, U.S. Department of the Interior via Flickr ([link removed])
This week, Tribes in Arizona celebrated ([link removed]) the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden's designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. President Biden designated the monument, an area of cultural significance to 13 Tribes, using his authority under the Antiquities Act. To mark the occasion, the Grand Canyon Trust released ([link removed]) a storymap ([link removed]) highlighting some of the resources protected by the national monument designation and sharing what the monument means to Tribal members in their own words. "What’s most important to us as Native people is protecting this land for the future generations, so they can enjoy it and feel blessed by
its beauty," said Carletta Tilousi, Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition coordinator and a member of the Havasupai Tribe.
Shortly before the designation of the monument, Tilousi and fellow Havasupai Tribal member Stuart Chavez joined the Center for Western Priorities podcast, The Landscape ([link removed]) , in a special episode ([link removed]) as part of the Road to 30: Postcards ([link removed]) campaign. In this episode, Tilousi and Chavez discussed their efforts to protect the area and its importance to Tribes in the region.
With less than six months left in President Biden's term, there's more to be done. As Center for Western Priorities Policy and Creative Content Manager Lilly Bock-Brownstein wrote in a blog post ([link removed]) , President Biden is less than 100,000 acres away from protecting the most public land using the Antiquities Act of any recent president in their first term. Fortunately, there are many opportunities to protect important public lands in the coming months, including the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument ([link removed]) in California , the proposed Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument ([link removed]) in Oregon, the Dolores Canyons ([link removed]) in Colorado, and the Great Bend of the Gila ([link removed]) in Arizona. In his remaining time in office, President Biden has the opportunity to cement
his conservation legacy and ensure these iconic and irreplaceable landscapes are protected forever.
** Quick hits
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Utah's Washington County sues Interior Department over highway corridor through desert tortoise habitat
E&E News ([link removed])
Study links Permian blowouts with wastewater injection
Inside Climate News ([link removed])
Nevada governor releases revised climate plan after lengthy delay
Nevada Independent ([link removed]) | Las Vegas Review-Journal ([link removed])
As California broils, Montana doubles down on coal
Los Angeles Times ([link removed])
On Superfund and the Gold King disaster, nine years later
The Land Desk ([link removed])
A melting Alaska glacier keeps inundating Juneau with worsening floods
Washington Post ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed])
Is your community ready for a wildfire?
High Country News ([link removed])
Drilling and mining threaten more than 4,600 species worldwide; companies conceal biodiversity damage
E&E News ([link removed]) | Phys.org ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” If one of my students submitted an essay like this ‘climate plan,’ I would give it back to be rewritten. Even my students know that taking credit for the work of others and offering vague statements with zero evidence to support them is not good enough.”
—Nevada Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch, Las Vegas Review-Journal ([link removed])
** Picture This
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@usinterior ([link removed])
White-tailed Ptarmigans are masters of disguise. In summer, their feathers are speckled grey, brown and white, which helps them blend in with nearby rocks and grasses. In the winter, they change to white, helping them to blend in with the landscape of the snowy tundra.
Also known as snow quail, these birds are the smallest members of the grouse family. You might spot these elusive birds at high elevations, at or above tree line out West.
Photo by A. Schonlau / NPS
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