The Trump administration has sparked confusion over the future of two national monuments in California that President Joe Biden designated before he left office. Why it matters: Presidents do not ...

Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. There are a few ...

The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting areas for ecological, cultural, historical, or ...

At the Bandelier National Monument, visitors can explore the remnants ... take advantage of the surrounding park, complete with 33,000 acres of backcountry wilderness, wildlife and more than ...

These federally managed public lands have long enjoyed broad bipartisan support, as have moves to turn them into protected national parks and monuments. Research consistently shows that a majority ...