In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development.

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

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish a set of new two national monuments in fire-plagued California days before he's set to exit the White House, according to U.S. officials.

Biden has federally protected 1,053,125 square miles of land and ocean in his term — an area nearly four times the size of Texas.

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes.

Dangerously high winds have forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip to the Eastern Coachella Valley to announce the creation of two new national monuments.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland pushed for the new National Monument after hiking in this desert landscape last year

A large swath of far Northern California has been established as one of California’s newest national monuments on Tuesday following a proclamation by President Biden, according to the White House. During an announcement on Tuesday in the Eastern Coachella Valley,

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California in part to honor two tribes.

President Biden during his last week in office designated two national monuments, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in California.