Great Old Broads for Wilderness Celebrates Designation of Chuckwalla, Sáttítla National Monuments

Durango, CO (January 7, 2025) — Great Old Broads for Wilderness joins with the many conservation organizations, Tribal groups, and residents across the state of California in celebrating today’s designation of Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla National Monument.

Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California preserves the cultural heritage sites of five Indigenous tribes, supports a critical desert ecosystem, and provides recreation opportunities for historically underrepresented communities. Northern California’s Sáttítla National Monument preserves and protects the ancestral homeland of the Pit River Tribe—and one of the most important sources of clean, cool groundwater for people and wildlife in the region—from potential development.

We thank President Biden for using his authority under the Antiquities Act to preserve these special landscapes for future generations, and for his administration’s commitment over the past four years to the conservation of our wild public lands.