As he nears the end of his time in office, President Joe Biden is leaving a legacy in California, where he will create two new national monuments, the Washington Post reports.
At the urging of tribal representatives, Biden will designate one monument each in Southern and Northern California.
In Southern California, the 644,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument will be in Riverside and Imperial Counties, stretching from the Salton Sea near the Coachella Valley to the Colorado River.
This location, located near Joshua Tree National Park, is named for the chuckwalla lizards that roam the area, the Post reports.
The other monument, the 200,000-acre Sáttítla National Monument, will be in Northern California near the border with Oregon.
The two monument designations will bar industrial activity like mining, drilling and logging, though some note that the protections could be limited or removed once President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month.
