The designation also protects millions of migratory birds, desert tortoises, bighorn sheep, and other at-risk species. And of course its namesake, the Chuckwalla lizards. Joseph Mirelez ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by ...

Created by former President Joe Biden just days before he left office, Chuckwalla National Monument will further protect desert habitat in Southern California.

The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.

chuckwalla or desert horned lizard. “From a biological perspective, it’s hard to think there’s not some impact to local populations,” said Jennifer Newmark, administrator of wildlife ...

endangered desert tortoise, iconic chuckwalla lizards and other wildlife. It will stretch from south of Joshua Tree National Park and north of Interstate 10 across a confluence of two ecosystems, ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

The new Moab to Mojave Conservation ... It extends to the desert and mountain regions of southwest California in the Coachella Valley and the Chuckwalla National Monument. Biden's proclamation ...

The area is home to rugged mountain ranges and dozens of rare species, including the desert bighorn sheep and the chuckwalla lizard. The Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Mojave, Quechan and Serrano nations ...