On Jan. 7, with only days remaining in his presidency, President Joe Biden announced the designation of two new national ...

In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California ...

President Joe Biden announced that two locations in California will be declared as national monuments, honoring tribes and ...

U.S. presidents have used the Antiquities Act to protect sacred and important tribal sites. The law is once again under ...

The Chuckwalla National Monument will preserve more than 624,000 acres of lands—and a great way to get to know it is to visit ...

Commutation warrant for AIM activist, signed by outgoing president Joe Biden on January 19, 2025, granting clemency to AIM ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is being designated by presidential proclamation today, offering an alternate future for the southernmost California desert as it grapples with climate change and habitat ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Chuckwalla National Monument In Southern California, the newly established Chuckwalla National Monument encompasses over 624,000 acres south of Joshua Tree National Park to the Colorado River.

Presidents can designate national monuments unilaterally. But as WW reported last year, Oregon’s senior Democratic U.S. Sen.

Roosevelt used the broad powers of the Antiquities Act eighteen times to increase protections for places like the Arizona's Grand Canyon and Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Since then, U.S. Presidents ...