Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek throws support behind Owyhee Canyonlands national monument

Gov. Tina Kotek threw her support behind the latest movement to establish a national monument in southeast Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands.

Kotek’s support is the latest in a chorus of voices from conservation groups and local tribes asking President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act to protect around 2.5 million acres of rugged canyons and rivers near the Idaho border.