President Biden on Tuesday, he signed proclamations establishing Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of land in California, during his final week in office.
The event was postponed for a week due to the destruction wildfires raging in southern California, and Biden revealed that he wanted to hold the ceremony in the state, but it had to be moved to the White House.
“We have implemented the most aggressive climate program ever in the history of the world,” the president said in the East Room of the White House, before discussing national monuments. “Our natural wonders are the heart and soul of our nation.”
He said that in his second week as president, he signed an executive order “setting the first goal of preserving the protection of 30% of all our lands and waters everywhere in America by 2030 … I call this national campaign America the Beautiful … And over the last four years, we have delivered … putting America on track to meet that bold goal, restoring it, creating new national monuments, preserving hundreds of millions of acres of land and water across America, from New England to Minnesota, Texas to Colorado, Arizona, Alaska.”
On Tuesday, Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Chuckwalla National Monument and the 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 kept my commitment to protect more land and water than any president in American history.”
President Biden on Tuesday signed proclamations establishing Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of land in California, during his final week in office. (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 Park Conservancy.
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Biden listens as California officials brief him on the Jan. 10 wildfires. (eight Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will protect more than 224,000 acres of land in Northern California in the Modoc, Shasta-Trinity and Klamath National Forests and “provide protection for tribal ancestral homelands, historic and scientific treasures, rare flora and fauna, and the headwaters of vital water sources,” according to the U.S. Forest Service.
