WATCH: President Biden is speaking in Colorado about the state’s newest national monument

Sen. Michael Bennet recalled the history of Camp Hale, training 10th Mountain Division troopers for combat in World War II, one of them recently recalled to him that conditions were so tough some called the site “Camp Hell.”The veteran said it was “the coldest son of a bitch he ever climbed,” Bennet recalled.

Rep. Joe Neguse followed Vilsack, calling Biden’s decision historic. When the crowd applauded his remarks, Neguse urged them to go louder.While left-leaning nonprofits, organizations and politicians celebrated Biden’s presence in Colorado Wednesday — and his decision to create a new, massive national monument — conservatives took the opposite approach.

O’Dea called Camp Hale an amazing place but criticized Biden and Bennet’s records on inflation, border security and crime. “Establishing these areas as a National Monument will bring great benefits to our Western mountain communities and is an important step towards providing our Western communities with a bright future while honoring the past,” Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence said in a release.

The president invoked the Antiquities Act Wednesday morning to designate nearly 54,000 acres of high country near Leadville and Vail as the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument. The designation aims to protect and preserve the training ground for the legendary 10th Mountain Division in World War II. Those troops both helped turn the tide of the war and returned to launch Colorado’s ski industry.

In addition to the national monument designation, Biden will also announce a two-year prohibition on new mining and federal mineral leases on nearly 225,000 acres in the Thompson Divide area. The area has been closed to oil and gas leasing for several years, according to the White House. Pre-existing leases will not be affected. The prohibition will be the start of a Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service-led process looking at a 20-year prohibition in the area.

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