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Soldiers called it ‘Camp Hell.’ Biden eyes it as a national monument.

The designation of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument could come as soon as this month

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Updated September 12, 2022 at 6:54 p.m. EDT|Published September 12, 2022 at 3:06 p.m. EDT
Bunkers are used for artillery practice at Camp Hale in the Eagle River valley of Eagle County, Colo. (Courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress)
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President Biden is likely to designate a historic military site in Colorado as a new national monument in the coming weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter, which could bar mining and drilling there.

Colorado’s Camp Hale, a World War II-era military training ground along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains, and the Tenmile Range have attracted visitors for their stunning landscapes and provide habitat for wildlife including elk, bears, otters, lynxes and migratory songbirds.