Chuckwalla and Sáttítla monuments in California will be safeguarded against extraction and energy development

Joe Biden will designate two new national monuments in California in his last days in office, after tribes and environment groups asked him to take urgent action.

Biden will travel to California’s Cochella Valley on Tuesday to sign proclamations creating the Chuckwalla monument in southern California and the Sáttítla monument in the far north of the state, which will be safeguarded against extraction and energy development.