National Monuments Targetedby Secretary of Interior Gale Norton

MARCH 29, 2001

Following is a list of national monuments declared by President Clinton which are the subject of a letter Secretary of Interior Gale Norton sent to state, local, and tribal leaders on Tuesday.

"The Interior Department is opening up lines of communication with local people that were not always properly fostered in the past," said Norton. "Local people have intimate knowledge of their land and can offer first-hand insight and perspective to promote stewardship in these cherished areas."

ARIZONA:
Agua Fria - http://www.az.blm.gov/pmesa.htm
Declared: January 2000
Size: 71,100 acres

Grand Canyon-Parashant - http://www.az.blm.gov/parashant/bkgdp.htm
Declared: January 2000
Size: 807,241 acres

Ironwood Forest - http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/iw/iw.html
Declared: June 2000
Size: 129,022 acres

Sonoran Desert - http://www.az.blm.gov/sonoran/sondes_main.htm
Delcared: January 2001
Size: 408,646 acres

Vermilion Cliffs - http://www.az.blm.gov/vermilion/vermilion.htm
Dec;ared: November 2000
Size: 280,324 acres

CALIFORNIA:
California Coastal - http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/coastal_monument.html
Declared: January 2000
Size: 1,000 (approx.) (840 miles of coastline)

Carrizo Plain - http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/carrizoplain.html
Declared: January 2001
Size: 204,107 acres

Pinnacles (expansion) - http://www.nps.gov/pinn
Expanded: January 2000
Size: 7,900 acres

COLORADO:
Canyons of the Ancients - http://www.co.blm.gov/canm/index.html
Declared: June 2000
Size: 163,852 acres

IDAHO:
Craters of the Moon (expansion) - http://www.nps.gov/crmo
Expanded: November 2000
Size: 271,845 acres
Minidoka Internment (former Japanese internment camp)
Declared: January 2001
Size: 73 acres

MONTANA:
Pompeys Pillar - http://www.mt.blm.gov/pillarmon
Declared: January 2001
Size: 51 acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks - http://www.mt.blm.gov/bdo/um
Declared: January 2001
Size: 377,346 acres

NEW MEXICO:
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks - http://www.nm.blm.gov/www/aufo/tent_rocks/tent_rocks.html
Declared: January 2001
Size: 4,148 acres

NEW YORK:
Governors Island
Declared: January 2001
Size: 20 acres

OREGON:
Cascade-Siskiyou - http://www.or.blm.gov/Medford/monument/Medmon_home.htm
Declared: June 2000
Size: 52,947 acres

US VIRGIN ISLAND:
U.S. Virgin Island Coral Reef
January 2001
Size: 12,708 acres
Buck Island Reef (expansion) - http://www.nps.gov/buis
Expanded: January 2001
Size: 18,135 acres

WASHINGTON:
Hanford Reach - http://www.r1.fws.gov/faca
Declared: June 2000
Size: 195,000 acres

Total acreage: 3,005,465 acres

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