President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments in the Southwest, insulating from development a half-million acres in Nevada that are revered by Native Americans and 6,600 acres in Texas that were once admired by the writer Jack Kerouac.
In southern Nevada, Mr. Biden protected a large portion of the Spirit Mountain area, encompassing some of the most biologically diverse and culturally significant lands in the Mojave Desert. Near El Paso, Texas, he established the Castner Range National Monument on a former artillery range along rugged canyons and arroyos that rise out of the desert near the Franklin Mountains.
...The Spirit Mountain area, also known by the Mojave name Avi Kwa Ame, is the largest monument that Mr. Biden has designated to date, and only the second national monument created to protect Native history...MORE
You can view the Spirit Mountain Proclamation here.
It contains the following language for livestock grazing
Livestock grazing has not been permitted in the monument area since 2006, and the Secretary shall not issue any new grazing permits or leases on such lands.
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