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Now that President Joe Biden has designated Castner Range a national monument, what’s next for the 6,600 acres of land on the eastern slopes of El Paso’s Franklin Mountains? And

It took forever but Castner Range is now safe from development and under federal protection.

"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."

A newly-established national monument is managed by the U.S. Army while another is strongly linked with Army history.

This year, Biden declared the high-desert mountain land a National Monument. But for local conservationists, the work isn't over yet.

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday that officially established the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Almost 1 million acres of land near the Grand Canyon will now be protected from mining and extraction as part of the country’s newest national monument.

President Joe Biden designated his fifth national monument as president Tuesday. Read his remarks.

President Biden designates Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument near Arizona-Utah border.

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni is now the newest U.S. National Monument, located near Grand Canyon National Park. It protects Indigenous sites, canyonlands, and wildlife.