THE LATEST
Tribal leaders and advocates call for more land protection
Tribal leaders and Indigenous community advocates called on the Biden administration to protect more ancestral homelands by designating them as national monuments. The Indigenous Voices of Nevada hosted a news conference on Thursday to encourage President Joe Biden to designate the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument and to expand the San Gabriels National Monument and The Medicine Lake Highlands.
¿Más monumentos nacionales? líderes indígenas piden la protección de la tierra en el Oeste
Un grupo indígena de Nevada y líderes tribales regionales pidieron una mayor protección de la tierra antes de la Cumbre de Naciones Tribales de la Casa Blanca la próxima semana en Washington, D.C.
More national monuments? Indigenous leaders call for land protections in the West
A Nevada Indigenous group and regional tribal leaders called for further protection of land ahead of the White House Tribal Nations Summit next week in Washington, D.C.
Indigenous Voices of Nevada hosted regional tribal leaders from California in a phone call Thursday to push for President Joe Biden to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act. They are seeking two additional national monuments in California with the formation of the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla, as well as an expansion of the San Gabriels National Monument.
Opinion: California’s majestic desert must be preserved. This proposal can help
Nowhere has this become more clear than in the California desert, where conservation efforts have nurtured a growing and sustainable outdoor recreation community and economy. A new proposal to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and protect public lands adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park is the next step in continuing these endeavors.
Community Voices: The Biden Administration Needs to Protect Nature and Our Climate by Designating the Chuckwalla National Monument
By protecting 675,000 acres of public lands from the Coachella Valley to the Colorado River, designating the Chuckwalla National Monument and expanding Joshua Tree National Park, we will conserve this critical landscape and our wildlife, improve the connection between our people and the environment in which they live, and help address climate change.
Chuckwalla Monument designation a boon for Coachella Valley
Designating the Chuckwalla National Monument in the California desert and expanding Joshua Tree National Park? Yes and yes. This is an historic opportunity to preserve the culturally significant 660,000 acres that would hug Joshua Tree National Park’s southern boundary, stretching along Interstate 10 from the edge of the eastern Coachella Valley all the way to the Colorado River.
Statement on Senator Feinstein’s Legacy of Protecting Millions of Acres of CA Desert Public Lands
Frank Ruiz, Director of Audubon California’s Desert & Salton Sea Programs, issued the following statement today on Senator Feinstein’s passing and conservation legacy.
Nuevo Monumento Nacional Chuckwalla
Funcionarios electos, líderes tribales y comunitarios, y residentes locales se unieron con el Representante Raúl Ruiz (CA-25) para pedir al Presidente Joe Biden que designe el Monumento Nacional Chuckwalla en el Desierto de California y proteja las tierras adyacentes al Parque Nacional Joshua Tree.
Proposed Chuckwalla National Monument in the California Desert and expansion of Joshua Tree National Park featured on KPCC, Los Angeles’s NPR station
LISTEN! Proposed Chuckwalla National Monument in the California Desert and expansion of Joshua Tree National Park featured on KPCC, Los Angeles’s NPR station