Biden's National Monument Designations Spark Controversy and Conservation Efforts.

President Joe Biden has created two national monuments in Nevada and Texas, and directed the study of a possible marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii that’s so large it would allow the administration to meet its goal of conserving 30 percent of the nation’s waters. The Avi Kwa Ame National Monument on lands considered sacred to Yuman-speaking Native American tribes in southern Nevada and the nearly 7,000-acre Castner Range National Monument in northern El Paso, Texas, will cover a combined 514,000 acres, marking by far the largest public lands preservation move of the Biden administration.