Progress on the road to 30x30
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** After two monument expansions, Californians ask Biden for more
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Friday, May 3, 2024
San Gabriel Mountains and downtown Los Angeles by Todd Jones, Wikimedia Commons ([link removed]) , CC-BY 2.0 ([link removed])
As California celebrated President Joe Biden's expansion of two national monuments ([link removed]) on Thursday, leaders across the state were already looking ahead to the national goal of protecting 30 percent of America's lands and waters by the end of the decade.
The expansions at Berryessa Snow Mountain ([link removed]) and San Gabriel Mountains ([link removed]) national monuments protected an additional 120,000 acres of public land from development, enhancing public access to recreation and honoring Tribal requests.
Wade Crowfoot, California's secretary of natural resources, connected Thursday's announcement to proposals that would establish new national monuments in the state.
"These monument expansions, combined with the establishment of new proposed monuments in California currently under consideration, are win-win actions that benefit California's people and nature alike. They will help us conserve 30 percent of California's lands by 2030, protect sacred cultural sites, and enshrine access to our public lands," Crowfoot said ([link removed]) .
At least three other locally-led national monument campaigns are underway in California, according to KQED ([link removed]) . They include the proposed Chuckwalla ([link removed]) National Monument near Joshua Tree; Kw’tsán National Monument ([link removed]) , a 390,000 acre proposal led by the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe; and Sáttítla ([link removed]) , also known as Medicine Lake Highlands, in northeastern California.
If President Biden designates all three monuments this year, it will add more than one million acres of public land toward the 30x30 goal.
** Quick hits
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California celebrates national monument expansions
Outside ([link removed]) | CapRadio ([link removed]) | KQED ([link removed]) | CBS Bay Area ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed]) | Daily Bulletin ([link removed]) | ABC 7 ([link removed])
Opinion: Bears Ears management proposal would honor Diné heritage and protect sacred land
Navajo Times ([link removed])
Senate Farm Bill blueprint includes strong conservation, wildfire measures; House version ignores climate change
E&E News ([link removed])
BLM embraces new Public Lands Rule for multiple use management
AZPM ([link removed])
GOP senators try to stall BLM solar plan
E&E News ([link removed])
New EPA pollution rules could be terminal for coal power; Wyoming governor vows to sue
The Guardian ([link removed]) | USA Today ([link removed])
How Utah museums are working to bring Indigenous perspectives to gallery spaces
Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed])
Adaptive equipment is making national parks more inclusive
Washington Post ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” On a clear day, the highest points of Molok Luyuk offer a commanding view of the surrounding rugged and undeveloped landscape, encompassing Mount Shasta to the north, Mount Tamalpais to the southwest, and Sutter Buttes to the east. This viewshed, and particularly the view of the sun rising over Sutter Buttes, is central to the Patwin origin story and connected the Patwin communities that once lived in the hills of Molok Luyuk and beyond with the River Patwin communities that populated Bear Valley, which lies just to the east, before they were displaced by trappers, ranchers, and miners.”
—President Joe Biden’s Proclamation on Expanding the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument ([link removed])
** Picture This
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Join us in celebrating the expansion of California's Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument! 👏
The new designation protects a striking 11-mile-long north-south ridgeline that is sacred to the Patwin people and hosts a mosaic of rare natural features supported by the area’s unique geologic and hydrologic features. The presidential proclamation also permanently renames the ridgeline, previously known as “Walker Ridge,” to Molok Luyuk, which means Condor Ridge in the language of the Patwin people.
"With today’s action, President Biden has lifted up the voices of Tribes and the local community, honoring collaborative conservation for a place that deserves protection. Molok Luyuk will undoubtedly become one of the treasures of the monument, and we look forward to working with the Tribes to manage it." - BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning
#California ([link removed]) #VisitCalifornia ([link removed]) #Berryessa ([link removed]) #MolokLuyuk ([link removed])
📷 Molok Luyuk at sunrise. Jesse Pluim, BLM
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