Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and National Officials Celebrate New National Monument Designation.Business/News Editors PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938), a Democrat, served as United States Secretary of the Interior and as Governor of Arizona. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Babbitt graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and attended the University of Newcastle , Senator Feinstein and Congresswoman Bono Join Tribe for Santa Rosa/San Jacinto Mountains National Monument national monument In the U.S., any of numerous areas reserved by the federal government for the protection of objects or places of historical, scientific, or prehistoric interest. Event The Agua Caliente Agua Caliente (also: Aguas Calientes, Aguascalientes, etc.) means "hot springs" in Spanish. The term has several uses: Place names:
This law provides monument status to public land creating the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is a National Monument in Southern California. It includes portions of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto ranges, the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges, west of the Coachella Valley. . "The tribe's support of monument designation for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains San Jacinto Mountains Segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, southwestern California, U.S. San Jacinto Peak is the highest point in these mountains, at 10,804 ft (3,293 m); the city of Palm Springs lies at its eastern base. reflects over 80 years of Tribal advocacy and many years of partnership with the Department of the Interior to protect our homelands," stated Richard M. Milanovich, Chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The bill (H.R. 3676) was introduced by Palm Springs Congresswoman Bono in the House and by Senator Dianne Feinstein in the Senate (S. 2784). The bill passed the House on July 25 and the Senate October 5 and was signed by President Bill Clinton on October 24. "The creation of this monument is the result of a grassroots effort to preserve a unique public resource. The partnership of the Department and the Tribe in seeking designation of the mountains as a national monument will assure the protection of the Tribe's irreplaceable heritage and a national treasure of unique quality," Secretary Bruce Babbitt stated. The monument covers 272,000 acres with the following designations: 86,400 to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management; 64,000 to the U.S. Forest Service; 23,000 to the Agua Caliente Tribe; 8,500 to the California Department of Parks and Recreation The California Department of Parks and Recreation manages the California state parks system, which contains 280 parks and 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²), with over 280 miles of coastline; 625 miles of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles of hiking, (the Mt. San Jacinto State Wilderness Park); 35,800 to the State of California; and 53,900 to private lands. This newly-established monument will be managed cooperatively by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, which is the first arrangement of its kind in the United States. "The success of this bill was the result of a cooperative effort at both the local and federal levels. The Agua Caliente played a key role throughout this process, and it is very appropriate that they will serve as hosts for this important designation celebration," Congresswoman Bono said. The celebration reception and news conference will be held at Andreas Canyon in the Indian Canyons at the end of South Palm Canyon Drive on Dec. 1, 2000 at ll:15 a.m. Editor's Note: The Indian Canyons will be closed to the public for this special celebration commemorating this historic event; attendance is by invitation only. |
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