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Exploring the South’s Next Wilderness
July 1st, 2010Blue Ridge Magazine
June 28th, 2010
The farthest you can get from a road in the continental U.S. is 22 miles, in a deep corner of Yellowstone National Park. In the Southeast, the farthest is around five miles-in places like Tennessee's Upper River Bald Wilderness Study Area.
Farewell to a Wilderness Hero
June 29th, 2010
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, of West Virginia, has been widely eulogized as a champion of the United States Constitution and a fierce protector of the powers and prerogatives of Congress. When the Wilderness Act was first being debated in the Senate in 1961, Sen. Byrd noted that those who opposed the legislation had a strong vested interest in keeping the Federal lands open for development, but were trying to cloak their special interests in the guise of an argument about principles of government. Senator Byrd succinctly skewered that argument, telling his fellow senators:
Editorial: Climbing Devil’s Staircase
June 25th, 2010Eugene Register-Guard (OR)
June 25th, 2010
Senate takes a key step toward creating new wilderness
Contrary to the belief of tea party enthusiasts, the Devil's Staircase is not the entrance to the Capitol building in Washington D.C. It's an astonishingly beautiful and remote waterfall surrounded by 30,000 acres of wild land in the Oregon Coast Range, between the Smith and Umpqua rivers.
Eastern Mountains Wilderness Bill Gets Hearing in DC
June 24th, 2010Public News Service (NM)
June 24th, 2010
Today, Congress hears testimony on a bill that would expand wilderness protection and consolidate public lands in a pair of small areas near Albuquerque. Rep. Martin Heinrich introduced the Cibola National Forest Expansion bill last month. It would add the Crest of Montezuma to the north end of the Cibola National Forest, and expand the Manzano Wilderness area by 900 acres at the south end of the forest.
Pew Praises Senate Committee for Approving Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Act
June 22nd, 2010Nearly 30,000 Acres in Oregon a Step Closer to Wilderness Designation
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group lauded Chairman Bingaman (D-NM) and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for approving a bill to designate nearly 30,000 acres of wilderness on Wassen Creek in Oregon's Coast Range. The measure now goes to the full senate.
Idaho and South Dakota Wilderness Bills Get Senate Subcommittee Hearing
June 16th, 2010Pew Praises Action on Conservation Legislation
Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee today heard testimony on two federal bills, which together would add over 378,000 acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA), S. 3294, introduced by Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Jim Risch (R-ID), will permanently protect more than 330,000 acres of Forest Service land in the central part of the state. The Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010 (S.
House Committee Passes Bill Protecting Colorado’s Public Lands
June 16th, 2010Pew Praises Latest Step in Legislative Process
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group today applauded the House Natural Resources Committee for approving The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act (H.R. 3914), and sending it to the House floor.
Introduced by Representative John Salazar (D-CO), the measure will protect more than 61,000 acres of public land in southwest Colorado--33,000 acres as wilderness--including additions to the Mount Sneffels and Lizard Head wilderness areas.
Editorial: If Congress can agree on anything, it ought to be CIEDRA
June 15th, 2010The Times – News (ID)
June 15th, 2010
Is compromise dead on Capitol Hill? We'll find out, starting Wednesday afternoon. That's when the Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will take up Senate Bill 3294, better known as the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act.
It would preserve 332,775 acres as wilderness in Custer and Blaine counties. Off-road enthusiasts would retain access to a key recreation area, the Germania Creek trail. Restrictions on thousands of additional acres would be relaxed.
Testimony on Bill to Protect Utah’s “Urban” Wilderness Heard by US House Subcommittee
June 10th, 2010Pew Hails Key Step Toward Passage
The Campaign for America’s Wilderness, of the Pew Environment Group, today commended members of the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands for holding a hearing to consider the Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act (H.R. 5009). Introduced by Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT), the legislation will permanently protect more than 26,000 acres of national forest land in Utah’s central Wasatch Mountains.
New Wilderness Bill Introduced for Tennessee
June 9th, 2010
The Campaign for America’s Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group hailed the introduction of a bill to designate nearly 20,000 acres of wilderness on the Cherokee National Forest in east Tennessee. Sponsored by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Bob Corker (R-TN), the measure would be the first wilderness designation in the state in more than 25 years.
