Protecting two different desert ecosystems, Joshua Tree National Park is minutes from Palm Springs. Conveniently located off ...

The declarations bar oil and natural gas drilling, as well as mining and other exploration and production initiatives, on the ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

In the face of threats of climate change and habitat loss, a new national monument will protect critical habitat, promote ...

The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.

Protected areas south of Joshua Tree National Park and east of Mount Shasta cement conservation legacy in California.

Proclamations set to be signed Tuesday will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree ...

**Biden Designates Two California National Monuments in Last Week** ...

One protects a highly varied forested area near the Oregon border known for its volcanic activity, and another protects a large swath of desert near Joshua Tree National Park.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California to honor two tribes and celebrate his administration's conservation efforts.