President Biden Establishes the Springfield Race Riot National Monument New NPS site will commemorate the 1908 Illinois tragedy that marked a turning point in American race relations By Lindsey Botts August 16, 2024 In this story: monuments, racial justice, social justice, social justice, America's National Parks
President Biden Expands Two National Monuments in California Here's what you need to know about San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments By Lindsey Botts May 2, 2024 In this story: public lands, monuments, saving wild places, indigenous communities
President Biden Designates Two National Monuments in Nevada and Texas Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range receive new protections By Lindsey Botts March 21, 2023 In this story: monuments, indigenous communities, public lands, America's National Parks, Policy
An MLK Day Monument Wish List These four sites reveal a fuller story of the civil rights movement By Katie O'Reilly January 16, 2023 In this story: monuments
What's in a Name? What It Means to Decolonize a Natural Feature. Can changing the title of a mountain or river make it more culturally accessible? By Dina Gilio-Whitaker March 17, 2022 In this story: national parks, monuments
4 Natural Landscapes on Our National Monument Wish List Here’s how to make “America’s best idea” even better By Lindsey Botts July 4, 2021 In this story: monuments
Native Americans Win Elections in Utah After Voicing Support for Bears Ears Voters just elected the county’s first majority-Navajo leadership By Zak Podmore November 15, 2018 In this story: monuments
What’s in a Name? Trump and Zinke changed the Bears Ears National Monument name. Why? By David Gessner August 28, 2018 In this story: monuments, national parks
Barbed Wire and Redrock at Bears Ears National Monument Native Americans find themselves under siege even in their traditional territory By David Gessner August 28, 2018 In this story: monuments, environmental justice
This 10-Year-Old's Goal Is to Save America's National Parks When Robbie Bond realized public lands were threatened, he started speaking up By Sam Schipani August 30, 2018 In this story: monuments, activism, national parks