Texas Tech University System (TTU System) Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., issued today (June 22) the following letter to leadership and stakeholders throughout the TTU System and its five-component universities. Letter from Chancellor Mitchell: Dear Read More
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President Joseph Biden utilized the 1906 Antiquities Act to sign a proclamation designating Castner Range as a National Monument. For years, concerned citizens of the City of El Paso submitted petitions and organized campaigns in favor Read More
A bronze statue of Mexican president Benito Juárez will be unveiled at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas on September 25, 2022. The monument will be the fourth installment of the XII Travelers Memorial Read More
On Monday, December 20, the Biden administration published its first progress report from the America the Beautiful initiative detailing the exciting progress the Biden administration is making to protect and restore America’s natural beauty. With Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Wednesday morning, Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16) filed the Castner Range Protection Act as an amendment to National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislation would designate the Castner Range as a national monument and Read More
Conservationists promote Castner Range for National Monument Status
AUSTIN – West Texans who support the Biden administration’s commitment to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands, waters and ocean by 2030 want this to be the year Castner Range is declared a national monument. Ángel Read More
El Paso may be one step closer to seeing the Castner Range protected as a National Monument. Shortly before Congress was forced to move to telework by COVID-19, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar introduced House Bill 6234 – The Read More
An art show inspired by the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument and the nearby ranches and farmland opens at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces next week. “Monumental Territory,” which Read More
Officials with the NASA MIRO Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research (cSETR) at The University of Texas at El Paso announced Monday that they had successfully communicated with its Orbital Factory-2 (OF-2) satellite project. Read More
Doña Ana County has formally submitted Resolution 2017-61 supporting the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument to the U.S. Department of the Interior. “My colleagues and I listened to hours of emotional and impassioned Read More