Biden urged to designate 3 national monuments in California
Tribal leaders and a group of California lawmakers called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to create three new national monuments in the Golden State.
Tribes lobby Biden administration for another national monument
With just a few months left in the administration of President Joe Biden, tribal nations are hoping to score one more win for the protection of their sacred places.
Southern California tribal leaders, reps advocate for Chuckwalla Monument in D.C.
Southern California tribal leaders and politicians were advocating in Washington, D.C. today for the establishment of a Chuckwalla National Monument south of Joshua Tree National Park.
Congressman Ruiz, Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urge President Biden to designate Chuckwalla National Monument
On Tuesday, August 14, Representative Raul Ruiz — who called himself a longstanding conservation and environmental justice champion — alongside members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to use the Antiquities Act to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument in the California Desert.
A group of Latino lawmakers asks Biden for a national monument in the California desert
A group of 24 Latino legislators has asked President Joe Biden to create the Chuckwalla National Monument, an area in the California desert that is home to five indigenous tribes and hundreds of species of animals and plants.
Momentum Continues to Build for Chuckwalla National Monument Designation
Support is rapidly growing to protect the Chuckwalla National Monument, a proposed national monument spanning over 600,000 acres at the eastern end of the Coachella Valley, extending to the Colorado River.
Create Chuckwalla National Monument, advocates urge Biden
A coalition of more than 225 businesses, 175 within the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire areas, have joined tribal leaders, advocates and elected officials in pledging support to an initiative urging President Joe Biden to establish a new Chuckwalla National Monument.
County-based advocates urge Biden to designate Chuckwalla National Monument
A coalition of over 225 businesses, 175 within the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire areas, have joined tribal leaders, advocates and elected officials in pledging support to an initiative urging President Biden to establish a new Chuckwalla National Monument, as of today.
Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land
Thomas Tortez Jr. leads a group across a gravelly wash in Painted Canyon, at the spot where his Cahuilla tribal ancestors once lived in a village…His people have cherished and watched over this canyon in the eastern Coachella Valley for thousands of years. Now they are among the Indigenous Californians, conservationists and other nature lovers who want President Joe Biden to designate…the Chuckwalla National Monument.
CA leaders announce bill to create Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park
A new bill to create the Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park was introduced by state lawmakers at a news conference on Tuesday.