The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument will be expanded by nearly 106,000 acres in a proclamation signed Thursday by President Joe Biden. The proclamation adds 105,919 acres of U.S. Forest ...

President Joe Biden established two more national monuments in California Tuesday, protecting about 844,000 acres of ecologically diverse deserts and forests seen as important to Indigenous people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under ...

President Joe Biden plans to expand the size of two national monuments in California later this month — one in the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles and the other in remote landscapes north of ...

I served nearly 7 years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat engineer officer, leading teams in challenging environments and ensuring operational success. My job required me to anticipate threats, ...

Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist, but some of his favorite adventures have happened inside state parks. What is a national monument, anyway? That’s what I kept asking ...

Anxious to gain ground ‒ lots of it ‒ before the November Presidential Election, a broad coalition of conservationists and tribes will "present" an 800,000 signature petition to President Joe Biden ...

A new analysis, updated in December 2025, by the National Parks Conservation Association reveals more than 1,200 mine claims exist within the boundaries of units managed by the National Park Service.

Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July loaded with ...

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. — A proposed national monument in southwest Colorado is drawing concern from some in nearby communities, as environmental groups push for additional protections on nearly ...

President Joe Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days, according to two people briefed on the announcement, aiming to cement his environmental legacy before ...