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Related article<\/span> From pizzly bears to strange fish, here\u2019s why hybrid animal sightings are on the rise<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe San Gabriel Mountains are among the most pristine and beautiful public lands in the country, with more visitors annually than Yellowstone, and they are right next to one of the nation\u2019s densest and most park-deprived population centers,\u201d Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat from California, said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019d be absolutely elated for President Biden to use his executive authorities to finalize this, recognize the significance of all these lands, and unlock additional federal supports and resources.\u201d <\/p>\n
During the first three years of his term, Biden has conserved more than 24 million acres of public lands, most recently designating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon \u2013 the Baaj Nwaavjo I\u2019tah Kukveni National Monument. Biden has also designated new monuments in Nevada and Colorado, and restored protections for national monuments in Utah that were restricted by former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n
Padilla said he applauded the Biden administration for \u201cutilizing every tool in the toolbox, working with Congress when he can and using his executive authority when he needs to.\u201d <\/p>\n
White House senior adviser for international climate policy John Podesta nodded to future conservation announcements from the Biden administration at a Thursday event at the Washington Post. <\/p>\n
\u201cI worked for President Clinton, for President Obama. They both had tremendous conservation records,\u201d Podesta said. \u201cPresident Biden is just surpassing that in terms of what he\u2019s able to do in the first term. And I think we\u2019ve got more to come, including better use and better protection of public lands.\u201d <\/p>\n\n
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The exact timing of an expansion declaration is unclear, but it is likely in the coming weeks \u2013 and could coincide with Earth Day, the sources said. A White House spokesperson declined to comment. The Washington Post first reported the monument expansions. National monuments are areas of historic, cultural or natural significance that are designated <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}