California's Chuckwalla Campaign launches: Calls on President Biden to designate it a National Monument
DURANGO, CO - On Monday, September 25, Conservation Lands Foundation joined members of our Friends Grassroots Network in California to launch a cam...
DURANGO, CO - On Monday, September 25, Conservation Lands Foundation joined members of our Friends Grassroots Network in California to launch a campaign calling on President Biden to designate Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park, according to a press release from the Conservation Lands Foundation. Per the release, below is a statement from Maricela Rosales, California Associate Program Director for the Conservation Lands Foundation: 'Designating a Chuckwalla National Monument is a historic opportunity to protect the California Desert region and provide wildlife habitat and landscape connectivity at a key moment in time when we need to aggressively advance our nation's and California's conservation goal of protecting 30% of public lands and coastal waters by 2030.