Politics Oct 12 WATCH: Biden designates his first new national monument in Colorado By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press
Nation Feb 18 Watch Gold Butte National Monument is controversial for some locals The newly-designated Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada contains fragile wildlife habitat, important sites for native tribes and thousands of ancient rock etchings. While local indigenous tribes, environmental advocacy groups and Democrats cheered former President Obama’s decision to bring the… By Sam Weber, Laura Fong
Nation Feb 18 Obama to designate new national monuments in Colorado, Hawaii and Illinois President Barack Obama is designating three new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites, including the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago where African-American railroad workers won a historic labor agreement. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Nation Sep 25 Watch U.S. expands pristine national monument in the middle of the Pacific A region of the Pacific Ocean that is home to thriving colonies of rare and endangered species will be protected as the world’s largest marine preserve, under an executive order by President Obama. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Elliott Norse… By PBS News Hour