A Year In: Chuckwalla National Monument’s Anniversary

On January 14th, we celebrated one 12 months of the designation of the Chuckwalla Nationwide Monument—an enormous milestone for conservation, group, and our shared public lands.

Final 12 months, I used to be honored to be invited to talk on the White Home on behalf of Audubon as a group chief and advocate for the monument designation marketing campaign. That second marked the start of a 12 months stuffed with significant experiences on this unbelievable Southern California desert panorama.

Since then, we’ve gathered many times to benefit from the birds, magnificence, and quiet energy of the monument. Earlier than the summer season warmth arrived, we hosted a transferring Chuckwalla Out of doors Mindfulness occasion, that includes particular visitor Tammah Watts, creator of Preserve Trying Up: Your Information to the Highly effective Therapeutic of Birdwatching. Collectively, we slowed down, appeared up, and related deeply with the land and its wildlife.

As fall introduced cooler temperatures, we welcomed the season with co-hosted hikes within the monument alongside our companions and pals on the Council of Mexican Federations in North America (COFEM), celebrating each group and place.

Audubon supported the designation of Chuckwalla Nationwide Monument due to the lasting advantages to birds, wildlife, and other people—safeguarding important biodiversity, making certain equitable entry to nature for native communities, and supporting native economies for years to come back. The truth is, a new study from Headwaters Economics reveals that nationwide monument designation is related to job, revenue, and inhabitants development!

We’re stuffed with gratitude and pleasure for a lot of extra adventures forward. Right here’s to persevering with to have fun, defend, and luxuriate in our public lands within the new 12 months and past.