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Bighorn sheep graze about the South McCullough Wilderness area within the Avi Kia Ame proposed National Monument site on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

A female Phainopepla rests on a tree branch within the Avi Kia Ame proposed National Monument site on Friday, Feb. 12, 2022, about Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Herpetologist Bob McKeever checks out a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake along Christmas Tree Pass Road along Christmas Tree Pass Road in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument site on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake seeks cover along Christmas Tree Pass Road along Christmas Tree Pass Road in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument site on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

A Spiny lizard relaxes on a hot rock along Christmas Tree Pass Road along Christmas Tree Pass Road in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument site on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

A Chuckwalla lizard sits about rock cover along Christmas Tree Pass Road along Christmas Tree Pass Road in the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument site on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Searchlight. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

The Avi Kia Ame proposed National Monument site on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

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