Avi Kwa Ame
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Bighorn sheep petroglyph Bridge Canyon Wilderness within the new Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. Photo George Wuerthner Today President Biden used his authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act to create two new national monuments. The larger of the two, Avi Kwa Ame, in southern Nevada, encompasses 506,814 acres, while the Castner Range near El Paso,…
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The granite summit of Spirit Mountain in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada. Photo George Wuerthner President Biden appears ready to designate the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada. The monument will protect almost a half million acres of the Mohave Desert between the California border and the Colorado River. Stretching…