The U.S. has a brand-new national monument. On Aug. 8, President Joe Biden designated nearly 1 million acres near Grand Canyon National Park as a new national monument. The new national monument is ...
The Biden administration effectively banned uranium mining on 900,000 acres of government land near the Grand Canyon.
In 2012, the Interior Department imposed a 20-year moratorium on new permits for mines on more than 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon. Coconino County Supervisor Lena Fowler said the new ...