President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared the Castner Range in El Paso to be a national monument after advocates pushed for more than 50 years to protect the land.
The Castner Range is a former military training and testing site near El Paso. The Biden administration declared it a national monument Tuesday., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The land is home to spring blooms of the Mexican poppy and natural springs, and it serves as a habitat to numerous wildlife species. It also houses more than 40 archeological sites. The White House said that the Army will begin a land management planning process, including public engagement, over the next 60 days. The Army will also work with tribes and the El Paso community to ensure public access in various phases. The Army used the desert space at Castner Range as a training site between 1926 and 1966, and the site remains full of unexploded munitions.
The designation of Castner Range will help protect and remediate the land in order to expand public access to the space. It will also help protect items that hold various cultural and historical significance across the land., D-El Paso, who has pushed to protect the Castner Range, said in a statement that she is “absolutely thrilled about the designation.”
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