Dianne Feinstein opens campaign for desert monument designationsSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. After years of battling to expand federal protection of the California desert but getting nowhere in Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is opening a public campaign to get President Obama to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to designate three new national monuments in the Mojave Desert. Late Tuesday, Feinstein announced a public meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the Wildlands Conservancy’s Whitewater Preserve near Palm Springs, to discuss national monument designations for the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow and Castle Mountains areas. Feinstein has sponsored legislation since 2009 to expand three desert national parks, Death
