Poverty Point National Monument, a historic site in Louisiana that was a major trade center 3,000 years ago, has been nominated for designation as a World Heritage Site by the Interior Department. The ...

Hirono asked Burgum -- who has been picked by President-elect Trump to lead the Department of the Interior -- about whether he would drill in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. "I'll follow the ...

Haaland and Davids “know what poverty really looks like,” he ... In Utah, Bears Ears National Monument is on the chopping block. The San Juan County Commission has been a big proponent of ...

Critics say that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s roster of “credibly accused” priests should be longer — by 59 names — but the church currently has no intention of adding them.

The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior Department order.

The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks. By Jennifer Schuessler The end of a ...

Mark Amodei, announced plans Thursday for legislation that would require congressional approval of all future national ... Monument designation in March. Conservation groups, however, point ...

New interior secretary quietly orders millions of acres of protected lands to be reviewed for potential oil, gas, uranium and ...

The southernmost tip of Point Loma is where you'll find the Cabrillo National Monument. The statue depicts Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who, in 1542, was the first European explorer to navigate the ...

The precedent is there. In 2016, then-President Barack Obama designated more than a million acres in southern Utah as Bears Ears National Monument. Nearly one year later, as president, Trump ...

This includes Utah's Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, both of which Trump reduced in size in his first term, calling them a "massive land grab." ...

At the Bandelier National Monument, visitors can explore the remnants of one of these settlements. At the base of Frijoles Canyon are a collection of ancient cave dwellings and other stone ...