Advocates praise new monuments, but work remains on access

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The need to protect the Avi Kwa Ame site has been underscored the past few years by strong interest from renewable energy developers.
60% : Environmental groups were largely pleased with Tuesday's announcements, which in addition to the two national monuments and possible marine sanctuary also are expected to include new initiatives on tapping the ocean for renewable energy and committing federal land management agencies to incorporate establishing wildlife mitigation corridors and other measures into land-use planning.
51% : The White House said Tuesday that the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument designation "will not slow the positive momentum of clean energy development in the State of Nevada," where BLM is processing roughly 36 renewable energy applications for projects with a capacity to produce 13,000 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power about 4 million homes.

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