USNPS retiree group presses Biden to declare 6 new NMons to fuel drive to 30x30

An organization representing current and former National Park Service employees is calling for President Joe Biden to use his executive power to establish several new national monuments around the country and advance his goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030.

TheCoalition to Protect America’s National Parks published a report Tuesday that identifies six “national treasures in need of protection” and urges Biden to use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to make it happen.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parks-coalition-national-monument-report_n_625df336e4b052d2bd64f314

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