California is getting two new national monuments. Why it matters: President Biden's move to establish the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments honors the Indigenous tribes that stewarded the combined 848,

The new designation near Joshua Tree National Park protects wildlife and preserves Indigenous spiritual and cultural values tied to the land.

The designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument in the southern California desert and the Sattitla Highlands National Monument near the state's northern border comes a day after Biden protected nearly every U.