RENO, Nev. (AP) — Local tribes and national conservation groups are lobbying to establish a fourth national monument in southern Nevada that would preserve Indigenous cultural sites and critical environmental habitat.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument would protect nearly 600 square miles east of the Mojave Desert in southern Clark County.
The Wilderness Society, the National Parks Conservation Association and local tribes are working together to achieve the land designation. In 1999, the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, however the designation only included the mountain, not surrounding landscapes.