22 March 2023
A Step in the Right Direction
Who knew 12 months could pass by so fast?! My time at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge feels like a short lived one, but it has been an amazing experience. Stepping into this internship I…
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22 March 2023
NBC NEWS: A Landscape that Generations of Latinos Fought to Preserve is now a National Monument
A historical and ecologically rich swath of land in El Paso was designated a national monument by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The announcement making Castner Range, an almost 7,000-acre landscape located along the Rio…
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21 March 2023
Hispanic Access Statement on the Pacific Remote Islands Sanctuary Announcement
On Tuesday, March 21, President Biden announced that the Administration will increase protections to the Pacific Remote Islands by advancing the designation of a new National Marine Sanctuary. In response to the announcement, Maite Arce,…
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21 March 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST: Biden Sets Protections for a Half-Million Acres in Texas and Nevada
President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments, making nearly 514,000 acres off-limits to development as part of his pledge to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The president signed…
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21 March 2023
Hispanic Access Statement on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument Designation
Today, President Biden announced the designation of Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument to protect the ancestral lands of the Fort Mojave Tribe, advancing towards the goal of protecting 30 percent of America’s lands…
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21 March 2023
Hispanic Access Applauds Designation of Castner Range National Monument
Today, President Biden announced the designation of Castner Range as a national monument at the White House Conservation in Action Summit in Washington, D.C. The Castner Range National Monument Act (H.R.2752) was first introduced in…
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