NORTHSTATE, Calif. — President Trump may have plans to eliminate two new national monuments in California, including the Sáttítla National Monument in Siskiyou County.
The Biden administration established the national monument in January 2025, along with the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California.
According to a report from the Washington Post, Trump may try to reverse this.
The report said, that on the night of March 14, a White House fact sheet said Trump signed an executive order terminating proclamations declaring new national monuments. However, the line then disappeared by the afternoon of March 15.
Leaders with the U.S. Forest Service said the Pit River Tribe and Modoc Peoples consider the Sáttítla Highlands sacred land.
Brandy McDaniels, the Sáttítla National Monument lead for the Pit River Nation, told the Northstate’s News she’s not sure what could happen next.
“… It just leaves us in a state of chaos and confusion and uncertainty,” McDaniels said. “So, it really seems like that’s how this administration is rolling with everything they’re doing.”
She added, “It really is concerning… These are our homelands, these are sacred lands, these are holy lands.”
