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Colin Barrows, a member of the CactusToCloud Institute, left, and Sendy Hernández Orellana Barrows, conservation program manager for the Council of Mexican Federations, hike Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, into Painted Canyon, which is in the Mecca Hills Wilderness near Mecca. Organizations are working to establish a new national monument in the Chuckwalla Valley, south of Joshua Tree National Park. The proposed Chuckwalla National Monument would protect historical lands, cultural resources and biodiverse species. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Pitched for 700,000 acres mostly in Riverside County south of the park, the Chuckwalla National Monument would protect native animals, plants and historic sites.
Originally published at Monserrat Solis