May 2—U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which covers parts of Colusa County, and the renaming of a ridgeline in an effort to conserve and restore national lands.

As part of Biden’s “America the Beautiful Initiative,” action taken Thursday was a 13,696-acre expansion of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California’s Inner Coast Range. This includes the protection of an 11-mile-long “north-south ridgeline that is sacred to the Patwin people and hosts a mosaic of rare natural features supported by the area’s unique geologic and hydrologic features,” officials said.

The presidential proclamation also includes a permanent renaming of the ridgeline, which was previously known as “Walker Ridge,” to “Molok Luyuk,” which according to federal officials means “Condor Ridge” in the language of the Patwin people.