In our video series Hope, Culture, & Community: El Paso’s Bold Fight for a National Monument, Ángel Peña of the Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project says, “It’s about the opportunity to be connected to your place and your land.” He and other featured locals – Emily, Chris, and Ben – are part of the 50+ year fight to protect Castner Range from development and ensure that future generations have access to this vast, beautiful open space.
When FGP was in El Paso filming, it was a big question whether President Biden would give Castner Range national monument status, but during post-production, we got the wonderful news that it had indeed been designated! There will now be a Castner Range National Monument. Congratulations to everyone we met in El Paso who has been working so hard to make this happen.