Tribally-led proposals to protect public lands across the West are still awaiting Biden's signature.
Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities
** New monument acknowledges Federal Indian boarding schools
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
A scene from the Carlisle Indian School, Library of Congress ([link removed])
On Monday, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation ([link removed]) designating Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in Pennsylvania, acknowledging one of the darkest chapters in American history—the forced separation of Indigenous children from their families and government oppression of Native American languages and cultures.
"Thank you, President Biden, for designating this national monument and acknowledging the harm caused by Indian boarding schools for more than 150 years. Respecting Tribal sovereignty means listening to Tribal nations," Center for Western Priorities Executive Director Jennifer Rokala said in a statement ([link removed]) . "In the final weeks of his administration, President Biden has the opportunity to leave a legacy as one of the great conservation presidents in American history. Tribally-led proposals to protect public lands across the West are awaiting his signature."
This past weekend, hundreds of people attended a public meeting to support the Pit River Nation’s proposed Sáttítla National Monument ([link removed]) in Northern California. In California’s Eastern Coachella Valley, a coalition of numerous Tribal nations are asking the president to designate the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument ([link removed]) . If President Biden uses his authority under the Antiquities Act to protect these landscapes, he will set a record ([link removed]) for protecting the most acres of any first-term president in recent history.
** Quick hits
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Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools
NPR ([link removed]) | Washington Post ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed])
Biden admin finalizes Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil lease sale
Politico ([link removed]∏=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=article&source=email) | E&E News ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed])
Under Trump, an 'all of the above' energy policy is poised for a comeback
NPR ([link removed])
A Supreme Court case about a railway could have widespread impacts on U.S. environmental laws
Inside Climate News ([link removed])
Colorado lawmakers work to protect Dolores River Canyon by end of year
Durango Herald ([link removed])
Mediation over Rio Grande water allocations set to begin
Albuquerque Journal ([link removed])
Area where Lewis and Clark once camped could be Montana's next state park
Cowboy State Daily ([link removed]) | Daily Montanan ([link removed])
Fire mitigation goats are back in action
CPR News ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” Laws are supposed to make sense. The public has a right to think that they protect the public interest, not special interests.”
—Dr. Brian Moench, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Inside Climate News ([link removed])
** Picture This
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@yellowstonenps ([link removed])
Bunsen Peak sure looks like a volcano, doesn't it?
Geologists believe Bunsen Peak is what's left of either a volcanic neck, the solidified magma that filled the conduit of a volcano, or a stock, a mass of igneous rock that cooled underground millions of years ago. The volcanic period responsible for both of these hypotheses is long gone and happened before the Yellowstone hot spot activity that is ongoing today. Either way, the mountain just outside of Mammoth was originally buried by other, softer, volcanic deposits which were eventually eroded away to reveal the Bunsen Peak we know today. So it’s actually erosion that is responsible for making Bunsen stand out, even though it may have never erupted itself!
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