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This undated image provided by Jim Fuglie shows Bullion Butte in western North Dakota. (Jim Fuglie via AP)

This undated image provided by Jim Fuglie shows Bullion Butte in western North Dakota. (Jim Fuglie via AP)

This image provided by Lillian Crook shows Bullion Butte in western North Dakota. (Lillian Crook via AP)

This image provided by Lillian Crook shows Bullion Butte in western North Dakota. (Lillian Crook via AP)

CORRECTS TO FROM RIGHT, NOT LEFT - Badlands Conservation Alliance Executive Director Shannon Straight, from right, Dakota Resource Council Executive Director Scott Skokos, North Dakota Native Vote Executive Director Nicole Donaghy, Democratic North Dakota state Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille and Walter DeVille listen during a press conference on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum in Bismarck, N.D. They are supporters of the proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument for western North Dakota's Badlands. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

CORRECTS TO FROM RIGHT, NOT LEFT - Badlands Conservation Alliance Executive Director Shannon Straight, from right, Dakota Resource Council Executive Director Scott Skokos, North Dakota Native Vote Executive Director Nicole Donaghy, Democratic North Dakota state Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille and Walter DeVille listen during a press conference on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum in Bismarck, N.D. They are supporters of the proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument for western North Dakota's Badlands. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)