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Two Wilderness Bills Move to Senate Floor
December 16th, 2009
The Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act are both another key step closer to enactment today, as members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved these measures and sent them to the floor of the full Senate for action. The first, sponsored by Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and co-sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), will protect nearly 236,000 acres in northern New Mexico as a National Conservation Area, and will designate about 13,500 acres of the Ute Mountain area as the Cerro del Yuta wilderness, and 8,000 acres as the San Antonio wilderness within the NCA.
Bill Introduced to Expand California Wilderness
December 15th, 2009Conservationists Cheer New Bill
The Campaign for America's Wilderness applauds the introduction of the Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Act of 2009 (H.R. 4309), which will protect over 21,000 acres of precious wildlands in north San Diego County, California. The Campaign is grateful to U.S. Representative Darrell Issa for his hard work and dedication to California's future generations in developing and championing this important conservation effort.
CAW Staff Hike New Mexico Proposed Wilderness
December 15th, 2009
A recent conference ("Wilderness Economics") in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which looked at the economic benefits of land conservation, provided several Campaign for America's Wilderness staff with the chance to get a first-hand look at some of the stunning scenery that wilderness advocates hope to see permanently protected soon.
Hunters and Anglers are Backing the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act
December 14th, 2009
Hear Trout Unlimited's Tom Reed on Montana Public News Service talk about why the bill is so important to sportsmen.
Colorado's Hidden Gems: Can't you hear the wild?
December 10th, 2009This video, produced by Colorado's Wilderness Workshop, is a call to action. It is a call to support the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign, and protect some of Colorado's last, best wild places.
The video features ecologist John Emerick reciting Robert Service's iconic poem, The Call of The Wild, and features testimonials from Roaring Fork Valley locals supporting the Hidden Gems Campaign.
"But can't you hear the wild? — It's calling you."
For more information about the Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal visit www.WhiteRiverWild.org
New Push on to Reverse Bush “No More Wilderness” Policy
December 9th, 2009Public News Service (AZ)
December 9th, 2009
PHOENIX - Arizona could see vast new federal wilderness areas if a Bush administration policy is reversed. Under a 1976 law, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had identified just over five percent of its 262 million acres of public lands as potential wilderness, until the process was halted by former Interior Secretary Gale Norton.
Obama admin showing renewed interest in wilderness
December 4th, 2009Environment and Energy Daily (DC)
December 3rd, 2009
As the year marking the 40th anniversary of Congress' passage of the Wilderness Act comes to a close, top Obama administration officials are moving to expand protection of the nation's wildest federal lands.
Within almost every land management agency, officials are laying the groundwork for advancing long-languishing wilderness recommendations and improving management of those areas while they await further action.
Editorial: No ‘No More Wilderness’
November 24th, 2009The New York Times (NY)
November 23rd, 2009
In 2003, Gale Norton, then the secretary of the interior, and Michael Leavitt, then the governor of Utah, struck a deal that removed federal protections from about 2.6 million acres of public land in Utah that the Clinton administration had designated as potential wilderness. At the same time, Ms. Norton disavowed her department's longstanding authority to identify, study and recommend new areas for wilderness protection.
Tennesseans Go Wild in Wilderness Areas
November 23rd, 2009Public News Service - Tennessee
November 19th, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In fall of 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the Tennessee Wilderness Act, preserving just over 32,000 acres of the Cherokee National Forest to be kept "as is." A quarter of a century later, a group of Tennesseans is thinking it's time to add to the inventory.
House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Expanding Pinnacles Wilderness
November 18th, 2009Statement of Jim Mathews, Campaign for America's Wilderness Policy Specialist
The House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing Tuesday, November 17, on Representative Sam Farr's (D-CA) Pinnacles National Park Act, which would add almost 3,000 acres of new wilderness within Pinnacles National Monument.
"We are very pleased that the subcommittee is considering the Pinnacles wilderness bill and congratulate Rep. Farr for his dedication and foresight in protecting more wild lands in central California," said Jim Mathews, Policy Specialist for the Campaign for America's Wilderness.
