Obama to add lands to monument near Manchester Rancheria

Tuesday, March 11, 2014  

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today to expand the California Coastal National Monument.

An area known as the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands is being added to the monument. The inclusion of the 1,665-acre parcel will help preserve the California shoreline for future generations.

The expansion will bring the monument even closer to the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians. The tribe's reservation sits next to the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands.

Get the Story:
Obama to preserve California federal lands (AP 3/8)
Obama to designate monument in Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in California (The Washington Post 3/9)
Mendocino's Stornetta Lands to be national monument (The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat 3/9)
Obama adds land near Point Arena to national monument (The San Francisco Chronicle 3/10)