总统乔·拜登周二宣布建立两个新的国家纪念碑，保护总面积超过50万英亩的土地。
在内政部举行的白宫保护行动峰会上，拜登将内华达州的Avi Kwa Ame国家纪念碑和德克萨斯州的Castner Range国家纪念碑命名为国家最新的纪念碑。
拜登说，这些地区将为子孙后代得到保护，这是政府根据他更广泛的气候倡议到2030年保护30%的土地和水域的目标的一部分。
拜登周二在内政部举行的白宫保护行动峰会上说:“当我们保护我们国家的自然资源时，我们不仅仅是保护依赖它们的人们的生计，如家庭农场、户外娱乐、企业、欢迎来自全国和世界各地游客的农村社区。”
"我们在保护我们民族自豪感的核心和灵魂。"
Avi Kwa Ame国家保护区，也被称为Spirit Mountain，位于该州开发可再生能源，尤其是太阳能的目标地区。内政部已经确定了纪念碑边界外900万英亩的公共土地，可用于太阳能项目，土地管理局正在审查内华达州13个潜在项目的提案。
“这是一个崇敬的地方，这是一个精神的地方，这是一个治愈的地方，”拜登说。"现在，它的重要性将得到认可，并将被永远保存下去."
拜登说，将德克萨斯州的卡斯特纳山脉作为国家古迹加以保护，对部落民族和军方都有重要意义。
“它讲述了生活在那里的部落民族的故事，我们的武装部队成员在那些土地上接受训练，”他说。"这也是一个非常美丽的地方."
拜登说，他正指示商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多考虑建立一个新的国家海洋禁猎区，以保护太平洋岛屿周围的美国水域。新的保护区将包括夏威夷西南部777，000平方英里的太平洋。
“这个面积比阿拉斯加州和科罗拉多州加起来还大，是德克萨斯州的三倍，”他说，并补充说，“这将使它成为地球上最大的海洋区域，具有最高级别的保护。”
保护的日子随着拜登的到来被认可的在阿拉斯加为柳树项目进行更多的钻探，这一举动遭到了环保组织的猛烈抨击，在联合国放一份可怕的气候变化报告。
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas at conservation summit
PresidentJoe Bidenon Tuesday announced the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totaling more than half a million acres.
Biden named Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and Castner Range National Monument in Texas as the nation's newest monuments during the White House's Conservation in Action Summit at the Interior Department.
Biden said these areas will be protected for future generations, and is part of the administration's goal of preserving 30% of lands and waters by 2030 in accordance with his broader climate initiatives.
"When we conserve our country's natural gifts, we're not just protecting the livelihoods of people who depend on them, like the family farms, outdoor recreation, businesses, rural communities welcoming visitors from all across the country and around the world," Biden said at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior on Tuesday.
"We're protecting the heart and the soul of our national pride."
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Conservation In Action Summit at the U.S. Interior Department, March 21, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Avi Kwa Ame National Monument -- also known as Spirit Mountain -- is in a part of the state that's been targeted for development of renewable energy, especially solar power. The Interior Department has identified 9 million acres of public land outside the monument's borders that could be used for solar projects and the Bureau of Land Management is reviewing proposals for 13 potential projects in Nevada.
"It's a place of reverence, it's a place of spirituality and it's a place of healing," Biden said. "And now it will be recognized for the significance it holds and be preserved forever, forever."
Biden said protecting the Castner Range in Texas as a national monument had significance for tribal nations and the military.
"It tells a story of the tribal nations who lived there, and the members of our armed forces were trained in those lands," he said. "It's also a place of incredible beauty."
Biden said he's directing Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to consider creating a new National Marine Sanctuary designation to protect U.S. waters surrounding Pacific islands. The new sanctuary would include 777,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean southwest of Hawaii.
"That's an area larger than the Alaskan and Colorado put together and three times the size of Texas," he said, adding, "It would make it the largest ocean area on the planet with the highest level of protection."
The day of conservation comes as Bidenapprovedmore drilling in Alaska for the Willow Project, a move environmental groups have slammed, and one day after the United Nationsreleaseda dire climate change report.
