Overview

• President Biden plans to establish a new national monument covering 1.1 million acres of the Grand Canyon.
• The monument aims to protect the area from potential uranium mining, which could contaminate water supplies.
• The designation has support from local Native American tribes as well as environmental groups.
• Biden will formally announce the new monument during an upcoming visit to Arizona.
• The monument will be named using designations from the Havasupai and Hopi tribes.