A piece of the proposed 660,000 acre Chuckwalla National Monument outside of Joshua Tree National Park. In December, we flew with the 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians, Colorado River Indian Tribes, conservation groups, and Latino recreation-access groups over this area of environmental concern. If approved, this monument would preserve this largely untouched area of desert and its rich ecological biodiversity, as well as recreation access in this nature-deprived area.