“The new Chuckwalla National Monument, a portion of which is in the eastern Coachella Valley, just south of Joshua Tree National Park, was established by President Biden on Jan. 14. Including the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument (located in Northern California), also established by Biden on Jan. 14, 848,000 acres of land in California are now newly protected.
The Chuckwalla National Monument will preserve more than 624,000 acres of lands with extraordinarily diverse ecological, cultural and historical values. The monument will be managed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management….
…A great way to get to know the new Chuckwalla National Monument is to visit a few of the most popular hiking trails and places of interest…”
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