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Protect our most precious places

Join Tribal Nations and community leaders in celebrating the expansion of two national monuments and urging President Biden to designate and expand additional sacred places as national monuments.

Cooperative Action Network

Let's mobilize to protect America's public lands.

On May 2, 2024, President Biden expanded the national monument protection for Berryessa Snow Mountain with the Molok Luyuak expansion and increased protected lands for San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Thanks to cooperative action by outdoor enthusiasts like you, we celebrate these two victories as we urge President Biden to further protect or expand our most sacred sites.

Every 30 seconds, America loses a football field’s worth of natural spaces to development and other pressures. What's more, today we face the dual challenges of more extreme weather events and more than 100 million people in America who lack access to green spaces. Now is the time to double down on efforts to protect America’s most precious places. 

Across the country, Tribal Nations and other communities who have too often been left out of decisions about our public lands are calling for the protection of places sacred to them. REI, in concert with hundreds of organizations and outdoor brands, is joining these leaders in calling for national monument designations that will ensure the future of spectacular cultural sites and critical habitats—for ourselves and for the future outdoor enthusiasts who will follow in our footsteps.  

Protecting these places as national monuments is also a key solution for ensuring that more of us can access world-class recreation opportunities and sustain rural outdoor recreation economies nationwide. 

Our nation’s natural beauty can’t wait. Urge President Biden to protect America's most precious places today.