Victorville Daily Press: Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
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 President Joe Biden as one of his last executive actions after several years of grassroots and advocacy campaigning by groups like Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT). It is now the fifth largest land-based national monument in the mainland U.S.
El Informador Del Valle: Líderes tribales y comunidades locales celebran la próxima designación del Monumento Nacional Chuckwalla
Líderes tribales, funcionarios electos y miembros de la comunidad local celebraron los planes del presidente Biden de designar el Monumento Nacional Chuckwalla en el desierto de California y el Monumento Nacional Sáttítla Highlands en el norte de California.
VOA News: Biden creates 2 new national monuments in California
Last week, as one of his last executive actions, President Joe Biden designated two national monuments in California, trying to protect the areas from gas and oil development by the incoming Trump administration. VOA’s Genia Dulot has the report.
SF Gate: The race to save seeds of California's disappearing Joshua tree
The tiny fridge-filled room in Joshua Tree is one piece of a global effort to collect, categorize and keep the world’s plant seeds — before it’s too late. One of the most well-known examples of this effort is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, nicknamed the “doomsday vault,” tucked 100 meters into a mountain in a remote and icy corner of northern Norway. Svalbard holds duplicates of seed samples from around the world, with a goal of backing up seed collections elsewhere “to secure the foundation of our future food supply.”