Tag: National Monument
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Protection vs. overreach: In western Colorado, national monument proposal ignites controversy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sean Pond was around a small town of his native western Colorado when he spotted a man in a blue ball cap. Above the bill were the words at the center of an ongoing controversy: “PROTECT THE DOLORES.” Pond approached the man. “He said someone…
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Biden’s new national monument restricts domestic uranium supply
President Joe Biden’s designation of a new national monument near the Grand Canyon prohibits mining of most uranium deposits within the monument, a decision made amid renewed interest in accelerating the building of carbon-free nuclear powerplants in the U.S., which need uranium to fuel reactors. Indeed, domestic uranium processing is once more burgeoning, said industry…
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Biden makes Colorado’s Camp Hale first national monument of his presidency
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Joined by two surviving members of a division that specialized in fighting in mountainous conditions during World War II, President Joe Biden designated Camp Hale as an official national monument — the first new monument of his presidency. Located near Leadville, Camp Hale is where the 10th Mountain Division trained for mountain and winter warfare during…
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WATCH: Biden designates Camp Hale as national monument
__tnt.youtube.players.register(‘youtube-player-13a65f38-ec68-536a-b036-5badad54d750’); 9News President Joe Biden will travel to Colorado on Wednesday to establish Colorado’s Camp Hale as a national monument, acquiescing to a years-long request from the state’s political leaders. The Camp Hale–Continental Divide National Monument is the first entirely new monument designation since Biden took office. The designation, which Biden made by using the 1906…
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Biden to designate Colorado’s Camp Hale as national monument, report says
President Joe Biden is set to make Camp Hale an official national monument next week during a trip to Colorado. The Los Angeles Times reported the development on Thursday, saying Biden and Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet will host an event on Wednesday for the official designation. Camp Hale will be the first entirely new monument…