U.S. President Joe Biden will be in the California Desert tomorrow, in what is expected to be an official announcement regarding the Chuckwalla National Monument.
A press release from the White House indicates that he and First Lady Jill Biden have a visit scheduled for “Eastern Coachella” some time Tuesday. Additional details about the visit are not known as of this morning. There has been no official statement regarding the purpose of his visit to Coachella, however reports say that the visit is related to a proposed monument for the Chuckwalla area connected to Joshua Tree National Park.
The “Monument” designation for the area is a relatively recent movement, championed by local Native American Tribal organizations and elected officials at the state level. It would be within the President’s power to designate such a monument, but no official statement has been made by the White House.
The proposed Chuckwalla National Monument is 660,000 acres south of Interstate 10 and north of the Chocolate Mountains, butting up against Joshua Tree National Park and stretching east almost to the Colorado River.
