<p>Rabbit weed lines a roadway leading to Browns Canyon near Salida, Colo. President Barack Obama is designating the canyon and two other areas, new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites.</p>
February 20, 2015
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February 20, 2015 8 p.m.
Obama designates historic monuments
CHICAGO - Designating the country's newest national monuments, President Barack Obama said Thursday that protecting places of natural beauty and historic significance is a truly American ideal.