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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chris Megerian and Terry Tang

REVEALED: Biden to announce historic grand canyon monument designation during arizona visit | Vintage Vibes

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President Joe Biden will use his visit to Arizona on Tuesday to formally announce a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, making Native American tribes' and environmentalists' decades-long vision to preserve the land a reality.

Biden is expected to announce plans for a new national monument to preserve about 1,562 square miles (4,046 square kilometers) just outside Grand Canyon National Park, National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi confirmed a day earlier. It will mark the president's fifth monument designation.

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