California is lucky to have beautiful, diverse and ecologically rich mountains, foothills, coastline and desert, including dozens of national parks and monuments that draw tens of millions of visitors each year.
President Biden should help California meet its climate and conservation goals — and his own — by designating two new national monuments and expanding two existing ones, protecting about 1 million acres.
On a recent press call I tuned into, tribal voices from across the Golden State urged the Biden administration to protect hundreds of thousands of acres of ancestral land, including mountains near Los Angeles, desert abutting Joshua Tree National Park and volcanic highlands in Northern California. And they stressed that they want to be active partners in the stewardship of the land.
California tribes are headed to the White House Tribal Nations Summit Wednesday, where they will ask Congress and the Biden administration to create or expand several national monuments.
California tribes are headed to the White House Tribal Nations Summit tomorrow, where they will ask Congress and the Biden administration to create or expand several national monuments. The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla tribe in the Coachella Valley would like the president to establish a new Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park.
The Indigenous Voices of Nevada hosted a news conference on Thursday to encourage President Joe Biden to designate the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument and to expand the San Gabriels National Monument and The Medicine Lake Highlands.
A Nevada Indigenous group and regional tribal leaders called for further protection of land ahead of the White House Tribal Nations Summit next week in Washington, D.C.
Un grupo indígena de Nevada y líderes tribales regionales pidieron una mayor protección de la tierra antes de la Cumbre de Naciones Tribales de la Casa Blanca la próxima semana en Washington, D.C.
In a Thursday, Nov. 30, conference call hosted by Indigenous Voices of Nevada, tribal representatives from the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, the Desert Cahuilla Indians, and the Pit River Nation urged the White House to use the Antiquities Act to protect cultural and environmental resources as well as increase indigenous stewardship of the land.
Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s listening session later today, elected officials, Tribal leaders, and community members in the Los Angeles region highlighted their support for a proposal to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
