#Biden protects #wildlands near #Oregon border on his way out.
The #Sattitla National Monument, also known as the Medicine Lake Highlands, includes lands in the #Klamath, #Modoc and #Shasta - #Trinity national forests
In addition to Sattitla, Biden designated the 664,000-acre #Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California’s Colorado Desert near #JoshuaTree National Park.
https://ashland.news/biden-protects-wildlands-near-oregon-border/
#Biden …has been working to finalize several #conservation policies…. The #Interior Dept proposed restricting #energy development across >260k acres in #Nevada’s #RubyMountains earlier this week.
On Tues, Biden will travel to California to designate 2 #NationalMonuments on lands sacred to #NativeAmerican tribes — the ~644k-acre #Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California & the ~200k-acre #Sáttítla National Monument near the Oregon border.
✍️ En #CreadoresDeOpiniónVerde @cdoverde, Yatch Bamford, pte de la Nación #PitRiver, nos habla de la importancia de proteger #Sáttítla, la tierra ancestral de su tribu y otras naciones tribales en el NE de California. 🌎 https://efeverde.com/de-california-a-cali-un-llamado-para-restaurar-y-proteger-las-tierras-ancestrales-por-yatch-bamford-presidente-de-la-nacion-pit-river/ #Sostenibilidad #DerechosIndígenas
