Biden to create new national monuments in California's desert and far north

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Ruiz said the monument, crafted by a diverse coalition, shows that land conservation and renewable energy expansion can go hand in hand.
50% : "Supporters had pressed Biden to create the monuments before Trump takes office Jan. 20.
42% : During his first term, Trump slashed the footprint of two national monuments in Utah -- Bear's Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante -- and stripped protections in a marine monument.
42% : On the other hand, the conservative Project 2025 playbook, which Trump publicly distanced himself from during his campaign but whose contributors he's tapped for administration roles, describes a "pretty grim" scenario when it comes to conservation, Rowland-Shea said.
35% : Conservation has historically been a bipartisan issue that's popular with a broad range of voters, and presidents on both sides of the aisle, including Trump, have set aside public lands in the past.
30% : Still, it's not a given that Trump will seek to unwind these protections, or that he'll refrain from protecting more land, Rowland-Shea said.
29% : Greg Herring, a retired Marine Corps major who has a small mining claim in the Eagle Mountains, called the move "an atrocity" and said he plans to join others in asking Trump to reverse the designation.

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