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	In September 2023, Congressman ] introduced federal legislation to create the monument, with support from California senators ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-09-25 \|title=Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument {{!}} Sierra Club \|url=https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/09/sierra-club-joins-calls-designate-chuckwalla-national-monument \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=www.sierraclub.org \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-28 \|title=Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land \|url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-28/chuckwalla-national-monument-proposal \|access-date=2024-04-29 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref> The act would also expand the adjacent ] by roughly 17,000 acres, and split management of the monument between the ] and the local ] tribe.<ref name=":0" />		In September 2023, Congressman ] introduced federal legislation to create the monument, with support from California senators ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-09-25 \|title=Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument {{!}} Sierra Club \|url=https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/09/sierra-club-joins-calls-designate-chuckwalla-national-monument \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=www.sierraclub.org \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-28 \|title=Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land \|url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-28/chuckwalla-national-monument-proposal \|access-date=2024-04-29 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref> The act would also expand the adjacent ] by roughly 17,000 acres, and split management of the monument between the ] and the local ] tribe.<ref name=":0" />

	President Joe Biden established the monument by proclamation under the ] on January 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Friedman \|first=Lisa \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/biden-national-monuments-california.html \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-15 \|title=Proclamation on the Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/14/proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref>		President Joe Biden established the monument by proclamation under the ] on January 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Friedman \|first=Lisa \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/biden-national-monuments-california.html \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-15 \|title=Proclamation on the Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/14/proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref>

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	Secretary of the Interior ] visited the area in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Streater \|first=Scott \|date=2024-05-20 \|title=Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument \|url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/haaland-visits-site-of-proposed-southern-california-monument/ \|access-date=2024-05-30 \|website=E&E News by POLITICO \|language=en-US}}</ref> The California legislature unanimously passed a resolution in support of the monument.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SJR-16 The Chuckwalla, Joshua Tree, and Kw’tsán National Monuments \|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR16 \|access-date=2025-01-02 \|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov \|language=en}}</ref>		Secretary of the Interior ] visited the area in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Streater \|first=Scott \|date=2024-05-20 \|title=Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument \|url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/haaland-visits-site-of-proposed-southern-california-monument/ \|access-date=2024-05-30 \|website=E&E News by POLITICO \|language=en-US}}</ref> The California legislature unanimously passed a resolution in support of the monument.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SJR-16 The Chuckwalla, Joshua Tree, and Kw’tsán National Monuments \|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR16 \|access-date=2025-01-02 \|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov \|language=en}}</ref>

	On January 2, 2025, the ''Washington Post'' reported that President Biden would establish Chuckwalla National Monument along with ].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Joselow \|first=Maxine \|date=January 2, 2025 \|title=Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/01/02/chuckwalla-stttla-national-monument-california/ \|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Biden planned to do so at an event in the ] on January 7, but it was canceled due to a] and rescheduled to be at the White House on January 14.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments \|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-national-monuments-california-chuckwalla-sattitla-98bc0f78529846b93fcaab0669ae3668 \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=AP News \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Reyes \|first=Jesus \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=President Biden's Coachella Valley visit canceled due to weather issues \|url=https://kesq.com/news/2025/01/07/president-bidens-coachella-valley-visit-canceled-due-to-weather-issues/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=KESQ \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wilson \|first=Janet \|title=Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House \|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2025/01/14/biden-creates-sweeping-new-california-monuments-at-white-house/77681933007/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The Desert Sun \|language=en-US}}</ref>		On January 2, 2025, the ''Washington Post'' reported that President Biden would establish Chuckwalla National Monument along with ].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Joselow \|first=Maxine \|date=January 2, 2025 \|title=Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/01/02/chuckwalla-stttla-national-monument-california/ \|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Biden planned to do so at an event in the ] on January 7, but it was canceled due to a] and rescheduled to be at the White House on January 14.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments \|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-national-monuments-california-chuckwalla-sattitla-98bc0f78529846b93fcaab0669ae3668 \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=AP News \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Reyes \|first=Jesus \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=President Biden's Coachella Valley visit canceled due to weather issues \|url=https://kesq.com/news/2025/01/07/president-bidens-coachella-valley-visit-canceled-due-to-weather-issues/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=KESQ \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wilson \|first=Janet \|title=Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House \|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2025/01/14/biden-creates-sweeping-new-california-monuments-at-white-house/77681933007/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The Desert Sun \|language=en-US}}</ref> The proclamation calls for co-stewardship and management of the monument with Tribal Nations.<ref name=":2" />

	With the monument's establishment, the White House announced the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor, a 600-mile continuous network of protected areas spanning California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Krol \|first=Debra Utacia \|title=Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor' \|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/01/07/joe-biden-to-create-2-new-national-monuments-sought-by-tribes/77487918007/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The Arizona Republic \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=January 2025 \|title=Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor (map) \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Moab-to-Mojave-Conservation-Corridor_Map.pdf}}</ref>		With the monument's establishment, the White House announced the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor, a 600-mile continuous network of protected areas spanning California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Krol \|first=Debra Utacia \|title=Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor' \|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/01/07/joe-biden-to-create-2-new-national-monuments-sought-by-tribes/77487918007/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The Arizona Republic \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=January 2025 \|title=Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor (map) \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Moab-to-Mojave-Conservation-Corridor_Map.pdf}}</ref>

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California protected area

Chuckwalla National Monument
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mecca Hills, part of the Chuckwalla Natl. Monument
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Location	Eastern Riverside County, California, United States
Nearest city	Mecca, California Desert Center, California
Coordinates	33°36′N 115°18′W / 33.6°N 115.3°W / 33.6; -115.3
Area	624,270 acres (2,526.3 km)
Established	January 14, 2025
Governing body	Bureau of Land Management

Chuckwalla National Monument is a national monument in the Colorado Desert of Southern California that protects 624,270 acres (2,526.3 km) of desert habitat in Riverside and Imperial counties from development. The monument spans several mountain ranges between Joshua Tree National Park and the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range.

In September 2023, Congressman Raul Ruiz introduced federal legislation to create the monument, with support from California senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler. The act would also expand the adjacent Joshua Tree National Park by roughly 17,000 acres, and split management of the monument between the Bureau of Land Management and the local Cahuilla Indian tribe.

President Joe Biden established the monument by proclamation under the Antiquities Act on January 14, 2025.

Features

The monument is named after the chuckwalla lizards native to the area. Other local wildlife include Desert bighorn sheep and Desert tortoise. Some of the areas that would be absorbed into the monument include the already protected Mecca Hills, Orocopia Mountains, Chuckwalla Mountains, Little Chuckwalla Mountains, Palo Verde Mountains, and Milpitas Wash wilderness areas. Existing outdoor recreational and historical sites that would become part of the monument include the Eagle Mountain Railroad, various training sites dating from World War II, and already existing hiking trails.

The Bradshaw Trail, a historic state route and BLM Back Country Byway, runs through the monument.

Protection efforts

Calls for land protection in the area have come from a variety of sources, including the Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Mohave, Quechan, and Serrano tribes, who together propose that Joe Biden create the monument under the powers of the Antiquities Act. The nearby Yuma tribe also seeks to protect nearly 400,000 acres as the Kw'tsán National Monument. Additionally, the monument designation is supported by Audubon, California Native Plant Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and others. The land that would constitute the proposed monument is all owned and managed by the federal government, but would be set aside to protect the existing environment from expanding suburban developnment and solar and wind energy projects. In an agreement with renewable energy companies, the original proposal was reduced by 40,000 acres to maintain access to transmission lines for solar development.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited the area in May 2024. The California legislature unanimously passed a resolution in support of the monument.

On January 2, 2025, the Washington Post reported that President Biden would establish Chuckwalla National Monument along with Sáttítla Highlands National Monument. Biden planned to do so at an event in the Coachella Valley on January 7, but it was canceled due to aSanta Ana windstorm and rescheduled to be at the White House on January 14. The proclamation calls for co-stewardship and management of the monument with Tribal Nations.

With the monument's establishment, the White House announced the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor, a 600-mile continuous network of protected areas spanning California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.

Gallery

Chuckwalla Canyon, 1904
Corn Springs Campground

References

^ "Joshua Tree National Park expansion gains momentum with Chuckwalla National Monument plan". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
Butler, Mark (2023-11-25). "Opinion: California's majestic desert must be preserved. This proposal can help". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
"Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument | Sierra Club". www.sierraclub.org. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
^ "Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land". Los Angeles Times. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California". The White House. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
Friedman, Lisa (2025-01-07). "Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
^ "Proclamation on the Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument". The White House. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
"Audubon Celebrates Legislation to Create New California Desert National Monument". Audubon California. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"EXPLORE - Protect Chuckwalla National Monument". protectchuckwalla.org. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"Kw'tsán National Monument". Kw'tsán National Monument. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"COALITION - Protect Chuckwalla National Monument". protectchuckwalla.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
Wilson, Janet. "National pressure mounts for Biden to create Chuckwalla monument, protect other lands". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
Streater, Scott (2024-05-20). "Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
"SJR-16 The Chuckwalla, Joshua Tree, and Kw'tsán National Monuments". leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
Joselow, Maxine (January 2, 2025). "Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes". Washington Post.
"Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments". AP News. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
Reyes, Jesus (2025-01-07). "President Biden's Coachella Valley visit canceled due to weather issues". KESQ. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
Wilson, Janet. "Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
Krol, Debra Utacia. "Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
"Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor (map)" (PDF). January 2025.

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	In September 2023, Congressman ] introduced federal legislation to create the monument, with support from California senators ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-09-25 \|title=Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument {{!}} Sierra Club \|url=https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/09/sierra-club-joins-calls-designate-chuckwalla-national-monument \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=www.sierraclub.org \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-28 \|title=Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land \|url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-28/chuckwalla-national-monument-proposal \|access-date=2024-04-29 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref> The act would also expand the adjacent ] by roughly 17,000 acres, and split management of the monument between the ] and the local ] tribe.<ref name=":0" />		In September 2023, Congressman ] introduced federal legislation to create the monument, with support from California senators ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-09-25 \|title=Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument {{!}} Sierra Club \|url=https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/09/sierra-club-joins-calls-designate-chuckwalla-national-monument \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=www.sierraclub.org \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-28 \|title=Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land \|url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-28/chuckwalla-national-monument-proposal \|access-date=2024-04-29 \|website=Los Angeles Times \|language=en-US}}</ref> The act would also expand the adjacent ] by roughly 17,000 acres, and split management of the monument between the ] and the local ] tribe.<ref name=":0" />

	President Joe Biden established the monument by proclamation under the ] on January 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Friedman \|first=Lisa \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/biden-national-monuments-california.html \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-15 \|title=Proclamation on the Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/14/proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref>		President Joe Biden established the monument by proclamation under the ] on January 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-establishes-chuckwalla-and-sattitla-highlands-national-monuments-in-california/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Friedman \|first=Lisa \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/biden-national-monuments-california.html \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-15 \|title=Proclamation on the Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/14/proclamation-on-the-establishment-of-the-chuckwalla-national-monument/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The White House \|language=en-US}}</ref>

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	Secretary of the Interior ] visited the area in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Streater \|first=Scott \|date=2024-05-20 \|title=Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument \|url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/haaland-visits-site-of-proposed-southern-california-monument/ \|access-date=2024-05-30 \|website=E&E News by POLITICO \|language=en-US}}</ref> The California legislature unanimously passed a resolution in support of the monument.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SJR-16 The Chuckwalla, Joshua Tree, and Kw’tsán National Monuments \|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR16 \|access-date=2025-01-02 \|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov \|language=en}}</ref>		Secretary of the Interior ] visited the area in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Streater \|first=Scott \|date=2024-05-20 \|title=Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument \|url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/haaland-visits-site-of-proposed-southern-california-monument/ \|access-date=2024-05-30 \|website=E&E News by POLITICO \|language=en-US}}</ref> The California legislature unanimously passed a resolution in support of the monument.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SJR-16 The Chuckwalla, Joshua Tree, and Kw’tsán National Monuments \|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR16 \|access-date=2025-01-02 \|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov \|language=en}}</ref>

	On January 2, 2025, the ''Washington Post'' reported that President Biden would establish Chuckwalla National Monument along with ].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Joselow \|first=Maxine \|date=January 2, 2025 \|title=Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/01/02/chuckwalla-stttla-national-monument-california/ \|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Biden planned to do so at an event in the ] on January 7, but it was canceled due to a] and rescheduled to be at the White House on January 14.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments \|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-national-monuments-california-chuckwalla-sattitla-98bc0f78529846b93fcaab0669ae3668 \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=AP News \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Reyes \|first=Jesus \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=President Biden's Coachella Valley visit canceled due to weather issues \|url=https://kesq.com/news/2025/01/07/president-bidens-coachella-valley-visit-canceled-due-to-weather-issues/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=KESQ \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wilson \|first=Janet \|title=Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House \|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2025/01/14/biden-creates-sweeping-new-california-monuments-at-white-house/77681933007/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The Desert Sun \|language=en-US}}</ref>		On January 2, 2025, the ''Washington Post'' reported that President Biden would establish Chuckwalla National Monument along with ].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Joselow \|first=Maxine \|date=January 2, 2025 \|title=Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/01/02/chuckwalla-stttla-national-monument-california/ \|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Biden planned to do so at an event in the ] on January 7, but it was canceled due to a] and rescheduled to be at the White House on January 14.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments \|url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-national-monuments-california-chuckwalla-sattitla-98bc0f78529846b93fcaab0669ae3668 \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=AP News \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Reyes \|first=Jesus \|date=2025-01-07 \|title=President Biden's Coachella Valley visit canceled due to weather issues \|url=https://kesq.com/news/2025/01/07/president-bidens-coachella-valley-visit-canceled-due-to-weather-issues/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=KESQ \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wilson \|first=Janet \|title=Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House \|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2025/01/14/biden-creates-sweeping-new-california-monuments-at-white-house/77681933007/ \|access-date=2025-01-15 \|website=The Desert Sun \|language=en-US}}</ref> The proclamation calls for co-stewardship and management of the monument with Tribal Nations.<ref name=":2" />

	With the monument's establishment, the White House announced the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor, a 600-mile continuous network of protected areas spanning California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Krol \|first=Debra Utacia \|title=Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor' \|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/01/07/joe-biden-to-create-2-new-national-monuments-sought-by-tribes/77487918007/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The Arizona Republic \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=January 2025 \|title=Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor (map) \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Moab-to-Mojave-Conservation-Corridor_Map.pdf}}</ref>		With the monument's establishment, the White House announced the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor, a 600-mile continuous network of protected areas spanning California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Krol \|first=Debra Utacia \|title=Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor' \|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/01/07/joe-biden-to-create-2-new-national-monuments-sought-by-tribes/77487918007/ \|access-date=2025-01-07 \|website=The Arizona Republic \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=January 2025 \|title=Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor (map) \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Moab-to-Mojave-Conservation-Corridor_Map.pdf}}</ref>

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