The Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will protect more than 848,000 acres of public lands

Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip Tuesday to the Eastern Coachella Valley, where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes.

President Joe Biden postponed his plans to establish two new national monuments in California on Tuesday. Biden traveled to California on Monday night after visiting with community members and survivors of the New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans.