President Joe Biden created the Chuckwalla National Monument, in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park, and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, in Northern California

The designations, postponed for a week due to the California wildfires, protect 800,000 acres in the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla National Monument.

U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites -- a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano -- as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.