/tags/national-monuments National Monuments en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:03:52 GMT /regional-news/2024-11-19/biden-has-designated-6-national-monuments-could-he-do-more Biden has created six new monuments and expanded or restored more. He’s had a particular emphasis on protections called for by tribes. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:03:52 GMT /regional-news/2024-11-19/biden-has-designated-6-national-monuments-could-he-do-more Rachel Cohen /news/2023-10-18/camp-hale-continental-divide-national-monument-celebrates-one-year The Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument in Colorado is one year old now. KUNC’s Nikole Robinson Carroll reports on the significance. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:26:18 GMT /news/2023-10-18/camp-hale-continental-divide-national-monument-celebrates-one-year Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2023-03-21/biden-designates-sacred-tribal-land-as-national-monument President Joe Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame, a mountainous area in Nevada that’s revered by many tribes, as a national monument Tuesday. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:53:58 GMT /regional-news/2023-03-21/biden-designates-sacred-tribal-land-as-national-monument Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-12-16/underrepresented-communities-want-to-see-important-heritage-landmarks-recognized The Biden Administration has recognized some national landmarks in our region. But some advocates want to see more sites protected that are important to underrepresented groups. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:51:19 GMT /regional-news/2022-12-16/underrepresented-communities-want-to-see-important-heritage-landmarks-recognized Emma VandenEinde /kunc/2022-10-13/colorado-training-facility-for-wwii-ski-soldiers-named-countrys-newest-national-monument A valley in Colorado’s high country, where soldiers trained in mountain combat long ago is now a national monument, established by President Biden during a ceremony at the facility, near Leadville, earlier this week. Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:10:03 GMT /kunc/2022-10-13/colorado-training-facility-for-wwii-ski-soldiers-named-countrys-newest-national-monument Leigh Paterson /news/2022-10-07/biden-will-designate-his-first-national-monument-in-colorado-at-camp-hale President Joe Biden will conserve a World War II-era alpine warfare training camp whose graduates went on to help found the U.S. ski industry. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:32:05 GMT /news/2022-10-07/biden-will-designate-his-first-national-monument-in-colorado-at-camp-hale Associated Press /news/2022-10-07/haaland-u-s-is-expanding-native-american-massacre-site-at-sand-creek Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:23:44 GMT /news/2022-10-07/haaland-u-s-is-expanding-native-american-massacre-site-at-sand-creek Associated Press /2020-02-10/in-shrinking-monuments-trump-invites-industry-and-threatens-tourism-in-utahs-red-rock-desert Southern Utah’s red rock desert is home to towering canyons and the clear, shallow Escalante River. It’s also home to many ancient petroglyphs. Jonathan... Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT /2020-02-10/in-shrinking-monuments-trump-invites-industry-and-threatens-tourism-in-utahs-red-rock-desert Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /npr-news/2020-02-06/trump-administration-finalizes-plans-to-allow-development-on-downsized-monuments More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality. Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-02-06/trump-administration-finalizes-plans-to-allow-development-on-downsized-monuments Colin Dwyer /2020-02-06/trump-administration-releases-final-plans-for-grand-staircase-bears-ears-national-monuments Updated 2:24 p.m. MST 2/6/2020 In the face of ongoing litigation from tribes and conservation groups, the Trump administration has finalized plans to... Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:35:27 GMT /2020-02-06/trump-administration-releases-final-plans-for-grand-staircase-bears-ears-national-monuments Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi, Kate Groetzinger, David Fuchs