Photos: Biden designates 2 new national monuments, Spirit Mountain and Castner Range
A wind and snow storm builds along the mountains of the Spirit Mountain Wilderness as viewed from Highway 163 on March 10, 2021, in Laughlin, Nev. ...
March 24, 2023
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A wind and snow storm builds along the mountains of the Spirit Mountain Wilderness as viewed from Highway 163 on March 10, 2021, in Laughlin, Nev. (George Rose/Getty Images) President Biden designated two new national monuments on Tuesday: the Spirit Mountain area in southern Nevada and Castner Range in West Texas. The Avi Kwa Ame National Monument will span about 506,000 acres. Its namesake mountain, Avi Kwa Ame, which means 'Spirit Mountain' in the Mojave language, reaches a peak of 5,963 feet .
AOL Staff