Biden designates 2 national monuments in California
President Biden During his final week in office on Tuesday, he signed proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Mountains National Monument in California, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres.
Due to vandalism, the event was delayed by a week Wildfires raging in Southern California and Biden announced that he wanted to hold the ceremony in the state, but it would have to be moved to the White House.
“We are pursuing the most aggressive climate agenda in the history of the world,” the president said before discussing national monuments in the East Room of the White House. “Our natural wonders are the heart and soul of our nation.”
In his second week as president, he said he signed an executive order that “sets a conservation goal for the first time in history to protect 30% of all our lands and waters across America by 2030″… I call this national campaign America the Beautiful… And over the past four years, we’ve led America to that bold goal, restoring it, creating new national monuments, and preserving hundreds of millions of acres. Waters all over America, from New England to Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Alaska.”
Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday establishing Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in California. (Anna Rose Layden/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He added, “Over the past four years, I am proud to have followed through on my commitment to protect land and water more than any other president in American history.”
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During his final week in office, President Biden on Tuesday signed proclamations creating Chuckwalla National Monument and Sattítla Mountains National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres in California. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Chuckwalla National Monument will protect more than 600,000 acres of public land in the California desert near Joshua Tree National Park and the Colorado River, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
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Biden listens to reports from California officials on Jan. 10 about the wildfires. (eight Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Sáttítla Mountains National Monument will protect more than 224,000 acres in the Modoc, Shasta-Trinity, and Klamath National Forests in Northern California and “protect the tribes’ ancestral homes, historical and scientific resources, rare flora and fauna, and vital water sources,” U.S. Forestry said. For his service.
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