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Republicans again contesting creation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni -- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

Biden Designates Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument

Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers her remarks in August 2023 at the historic Red Butte Airfield before President Joe Biden designated land near the Grand Canyon National Park as the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni � Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

PHOENIX -- Rebuffed by a federal judge, Republican state legislative leaders want an appellate court to give them a chance to void the decision by former President Joe Biden to designate nearly a million acres in northern Arizona as a national monument.

In new filings Wednesday, attorney Justin Smith is arguing that U.S. District Court Judge Stephen McNamee got it wrong in January when he concluded that House Speaker Steve Montenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen have no legal standing to challenge creation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni -- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.



Daily Sun Reporter Sam McLaughlin contributed to this article.



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