President Barack Obama granted national monument status Friday to nearly 1.8 million acres of scenic Southern California desert, a move the White House says will maintain in perpetuity the region's fragile ecosystem and natural resources, as well as provide recreational opportunities for hikers, campers, hunters and others.

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  • This Calif. land has more visitors than Yellowstone. It's about to get a lot bigger.
    The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument would expand by a combined 130,000 acres under the proposal.
    04/18/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Link
  • Improvements planned around National Monument in Palm Desert for Earth Day
    The nonprofit Friends of the Desert Mountains, monument staff and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will host Earth Day-oriented activities Saturday.
    04/16/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link
  • Biden urged to create nine new national monuments
    Advocates delivered 800,000 signatures to the president Tuesday asking him to use his executive authority to designate the new sites and to expand two other ...
    04/16/2024 - 9:33 am | View Link
  • National pressure mounts for Biden to create Chuckwalla monument, protect other lands
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    04/16/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
  • San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain national monuments to become larger
    Biden will expand the perimeters of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by about 110,000 acres and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument by about 13,000 acres.
    04/12/2024 - 8:03 am | View Link
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