Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities
** How national monuments can preserve Latino heritage
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Hispanic Access Foundation ([link removed])
A new toolkit from Hispanic Access Foundation ([link removed]) highlights a dozen opportunities for the Biden administration to protect sites important to Latino communities across America. At the top of the list is Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada, which HAF calls “one step in the right direction towards allyship between Latino and Tribal communities, who have a shared stake in preserving their relationships with the land for future generations.” Two weeks ago, President Biden pledged to designate Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument, but has not signed a monument proclamation.
The toolkit notes that less than eight percent ([link removed]) of America's historical landmarks represent the stories of Native Americans, African Americans, American Latinos, Asian Americans, women, and other underrepresented groups. The toolkit also highlights the chance for new national monuments to be the centerpiece of the president's America the Beautiful Initiative, which aims to protect 30 percent of America's lands and waters by 2030.
Other sites highlighted in the toolkit ([link removed]) include Castner Range in Texas, the proposed Los Dos Laredos Binational Park along the U.S.-Mexico border, an expansion of the César E. Chávez National Monument into a park spanning California and Arizona, and the Gila River Wild and Scenic River in New Mexico.
Quick hits
** Why women are rallying behind stalled Interior nominee
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E&E News ([link removed])
** The rise of the year-round wildfire season
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The Nation ([link removed])
** Campaign to expand Olympic wilderness nears finish line
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Seattle Times ([link removed])
** Opinion: What Montana can learn from Colorado's newest national monument
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Helena Independent Record ([link removed])
** More than 3,000 positions still vacant at Bureau of Land Management
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E&E News ([link removed])
** Nevada's Tiehm's buckwheat, threatened by mining, listed as endangered
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Reno Gazette-Journal ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])
** Colorado Supreme Court to hear river access case with implications for fishing across the state
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KDVR ([link removed])
** Poop disposal kits aim to reduce a crappy situation in Colorado's backcountry
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
Quote of the day
” In a town that does not reward loyalty, the fact that so many women, particularly in senior positions, were willing to put their names down in support of Laura is a testament to the mentoring she did, the significant relationships she has built across the aisle. That means something.”
—An unnamed Biden administration official on the letter signed by more than 100 women in support of Assistant Secretary of the Interior nominee Laura Daniel Davis, E&E News ([link removed])
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** @nationalparkservice ([link removed])
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Snow your roll…
Slow down, there. Pace yourself. Snow rollers, also known as "snow bales," "wind snowballs," or "snow donuts," are the cold weather equivalent of tumbleweeds. They form when wind pushes snow across the ground, gathering it into a hollow cylinder, some might say, donuts? (Mmm…Donuts!) Larger snow rollers can be a few inches wide and travel a couple feet, leaving behind long trails in their wake.
Image: Several snow rollers form at @yellowstonenps ([link removed]) during a previous winter.
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