Newest national monument set to be created in Arizona

2023-08-08 23:20

The plan, to be announced by Joe Biden later, will protect indigenous cultural sites and curb mining.

US President Joe Biden is set to announce a new national monument, preserving a vast swathe of land around the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

The nearly 1m acre (404,700 hectare) Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument includes thousands of indigenous cultural sites.

The designation...