President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish two new national monuments in fire-plagued California, days before he's set to exit the White House, according to U.S. officials.

President Joe Biden has announced the creation of two California national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development.

The designations, postponed for a week due to the California wildfires, protect 800,000 acres in the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla National Monument.

President Biden said the federal government will provide one-time payments of $770 to people impacted by the ongoing California wildfires.

President Biden announced $770 one-time payments for victims of the California wildfires as part of the efforts to provide federal support amid the raging fires. “We’re not waiting until those

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes.

A top adviser to President Joe Biden says the deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area are the latest sign of the growing threat posed by climate change — one that President-elect Donald Trump will have to take more seriously than he did in his first term.

The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.

Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's and another in far northern California.