Biden announces new national monument in Arizona
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President Joe Biden designated a new national monument totaling nearly 1 million acres outside Grand Canyon National Park Tuesday. “By creating this monument, we’re setting aside new spaces for families to bike, hike, hunt, fish and camp,” Biden said during his remarks at a historic abandoned airfield near Red Butte, a sacred site for the Havasupai Indian Tribe. “Preserving these lands is good, not only for Arizona but for the planet, it’s good for the economy, it’s good for the soul of the nation.” The move was praised by Sen....