This year, President Biden declared Castner Range’s 6,672 acres of mountainous West Texas landscapes a National Monument. But for local conservationists, the work isn’t over yet.

Christian Betancourt
Christian Betancourt is an urban affairs reporter at El Paso Matters and Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow for Borderland Narratives with Next City. Betancourt has been a local news reporter since 2012, having worked at the Temple Daily Telegram, Duncan Banner, Lovington Leader and Hobbs News-Sun.