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Biden declares new national monument that will likely be funded by fossil fuel revenues
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President Biden established a new national monument in Colorado Wednesday but failed to acknowledge the importance of fossil fuel leases for conservation funding.
"The stunning Camp Hale and Tenmile landscape is a recreation mecca where visitors enjoy alpine hiking, snowmobiling, skiing, camping and more. It is an honored obligation for us to protect this treasured piece of our national heritage," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement Wednesday. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
However, federal conservation funding, which Congress appropriates to maintain national parks and monuments, largely comes from oil and gas revenues.
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