Two broad sections of the Pacific Northwest, a swath of the Sonoran Desert, and thousands of archeological sites in Colorado are now protected as national monuments, the Environment News Service reports. Vice President Al Gore, who'd like to be a national monument himself come November, made the announcement Monday, adding roughly 540,000 acres of land to the Clinton/Gore administration's legacy. The additions: Hanford Reach in Washington, Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon, Ironwood Forest in the Sonoran Desert, and the Four Corners region of southwestern Colorado.
Monumental Day
Two broad sections of the Pacific Northwest, a swath of the Sonoran Desert, and thousands of archeological sites in Colorado are now protected as national monuments, the Environment News Service reports. Vice President Al Gore, who'd like to be a national monument himself come November, made the announcement Monday, adding roughly 540,000 acres of land to the Clinton/Gore administration's legacy. The additions: Hanford Reach in Washington, Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon, Ironwood Forest in the Sonoran Desert, and the Four Corners region of southwestern Colorado.
