Three new national monuments in the California desert

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell presides over a celebration, held at Whitewater Preserve, of Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell presided over a celebration of Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.

John Laird, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, at a celebration at Whitewater Preserve to mark Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell presides over a celebration, held at Whitewater Preserve, of Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.

U.S. Forest rangers Travis Mason, left, and Gerrelaine Alcordo search for a big horn sheep up a mountain at Whitewater Preserve on the day U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell presided over a celebration of Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.

Brian Woodyard plays a Native American flute in the backdrop of a pond at Whitewater Preserve on the morning when U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell presided over a celebration of Obama’s designation of three new national monuments in the California desert.