The Phoenix Valley's eastern high terrain could see wind gusts exceed 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

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

President Joe Biden officially announced the creation of a national monument south of Joshua Tree National Park today. The ...

In the face of threats of climate change and habitat loss, a new national monument will protect critical habitat, promote ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is a 644,000-acre area that will protect public lands south of Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern ... to the Colorado River on Arizona's western border.

The declarations bar oil and natural gas drilling, as well as mining and other exploration and production initiatives, on the ...

The Chuckwalla National Monument would protect public lands in southeastern California and is supported by Arizona tribes.

The area would protect public lands south of Joshua Tree National Park, spanning the Coachella ... which would border Mexico and Arizona. Tribal leaders have also called for the Chuckwalla ...