Titus proposes national monument around Spirit Mountain
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is introducing legislation that would turn 450,000 acres of land in Southern Nevada into a national monument.
The proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument would protect biologically diverse and culturally significant land in the Mojave Desert. The area is south of Searchlight, near the privately owned community of Cal-Nev-Ari.
Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, is a site of cultural significance for Native Americans and is the basis of several creation stories.
The area features scenic peaks, canyons, Joshua trees, bighorn sheep migration routes, grasslands and petroglyphs, Titus said in a letter Wednesday to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Brenda Mallory.
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