Over 730,000 people visit Colorado National Monument each year. It was established in 1911 under the Antiquities Act. Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks ...

Chiricahua National Monument - an isolated, otherworldly corner of southeast Arizona dominated by soaring cloud islands and ...

When most people think about visiting America’s protected lands, their minds jump straight to the big names. Yellowstone. Yosemite. The Grand Canyon. These iconic national parks draw millions of ...

Everyone knows about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, but did you know the U.S. is home to over 130 national monuments just waiting to be explored? America is packed with jaw-dropping natural wonders ...

President Barack Obama designated as national monuments three Southern sites connected with the Civil Rights movement and post-Civil War Reconstruction. The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad ...

Thanks to a recent blizzard of executive orders and late-night congressional maneuvers, the nation’s public lands have become the latest target in the giant sucking vortex of current American politics ...

President Obama designated five new national monuments last week. April 1, 2013— -- intro: President Obama designated five new national monuments last week, one each in Delaware, Maryland., New ...

The Justice Department has told the president he can abolish monuments. Six have already come under scrutiny at the Interior Department. During his sole term in office, former President Joe Biden ...

A newly published U.S. Justice Department memo could open a path for President Donald Trump to roll back protections for millions of acres of federal lands and oceans. It has raised alarms among ...

New analysis highlights the extensive risk to U.S. rivers, streams, and drinking water supplies posed by the Trump ...