President Biden on Tuesday will designate two new national monuments, putting nearly 514,000 acres off-limits to development as part of his pledge to protect a third of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
The proclamation will render about 507,000 acres — spanning almost the entire triangle at the bottom of the Nevada map — off-limits to mining and other kinds of development. It will also prevent renewable energy projects from breaking ground there, although administration officials have argued the monument will not undermine Biden’s clean-energy agenda.
The Castner Range National Monument will encompass 6,672 acres that the U.S. Army used for training and testing during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Army stopped training at the site in 1966, when it closed to the public because of unexploded ordnance. The Defense Department, which manages Castner Range, has been studying the feasibility of cleaning up the site under the nation’s Superfund
law. The department will continue to manage the national monument and will help clean up the site until it is safe for public access.While Castner Range is currently off-limits to people, it provides habitat for an array of wildlife, including the American peregrine falcon, the golden eagle, the black-tailed prairie dog and the Texas horned lizard. The endangered Sneed’s pincushion cactus and other rare plants also grow in the area.
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