Southern California has a new national monument. President Joe Biden officially designated the Chuckwalla National Monument on Tuesday, protecting more than 600,000 acres of land and several ...

“This is as close as we could get.” Biden formally created the Chuckwalla National Monument, in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park, and the Sáttítla Highlands National ...

Biden signed proclamations at the event designating the roughly 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument ... it preserves a key piece of our history and a full American story,” Biden said.

One will be the Chuckwalla National Monument, encompassing more than 620,000 acres of desert woodlands and washes that provide critical habitat for millions of migrating birds, endangered desert ...