President Biden is declaring a national monument around the Grand Canyon, protecting lands important to a dozen Native American tribes and prohibiting new uranium mining claims in the region
CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden will create a new national monument in Arizona on Tuesday covering close to a million acres of lands surrounding the Grand Canyon important to nearby Native American tribes.
"I witnessed the deep connection that the Havasupai people have with the lands and waters that have sustained them since time immemorial," she said. "It was, and forever will be, one of the most meaningful trips of my life." "Establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument honors our solemn promise to Tribal Nations to respect sovereignty, preserves America’s iconic landscapes for future generations, and advances my commitment to protect and conserve at least 30 percent of our nation’s land and waters by 2030," Biden said in a statement.
"So a lot of careful thought has been given to the boundaries here," said the administration official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the monument ahead of Biden's anncouncement. The monument will protect "thousands of cultural and sacred sites that are precious to Tribal Nations in the Southwest," according to a White House fact sheet.
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