reuben
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Post by reuben on Feb 12, 2016 5:21:47 GMT -8
On Friday, Obama will designate more than 1.8 million acres of
California desert for protection with the creation of three national
monuments: Castle Mountains, Mojave Trails and Sand to Snow. The new
monuments will connect three existing sites — Death Valley and Joshua
Tree national parks and the Mojave National Preserve — to create the
second-largest desert preserve in the world.Article
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Westy
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Post by Westy on Feb 12, 2016 8:40:02 GMT -8
Thanks Reuben for posting this important news!
You prompted me to send a "Thank You" correspondence to Sen. K. Ayotte (R-NH). I am a New Hampshire native and my family still lives and votes there. Sen. Ayotte was one of four Republicans who voted against Sen. M. Lee's (R-UT) recent amendment to allow Congress to reverse Teddy Roosevelt's Antiquities Act as it pertains to National Monuments. Hopefully, President Obama will designate the Bear's Ear and Greater Canyonlands as National Monuments before he leaves office.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 12, 2016 8:40:54 GMT -8
I'm loving this.
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Post by ecocentric on Feb 12, 2016 8:44:10 GMT -8
THANKS OBAMA!!!  |
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Feb 13, 2016 4:54:58 GMT -8
Yay, it was a long time coming. But glad I am no longer working there and have to explain that no, the federal government hasn't just taken over a whole bunch of land.
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whistlepunk
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Post by whistlepunk on Feb 13, 2016 10:34:37 GMT -8
Yay, it was a long time coming. But glad I am no longer working there and have to explain that no, the federal government hasn't just taken over a whole bunch of land. Most of it already was federal ownership, and some already Wilderness. No real change in management on the ground for most of the lands. |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 13, 2016 11:36:43 GMT -8
Yay, it was a long time coming. But glad I am no longer working there and have to explain that no, the federal government hasn't just taken over a whole bunch of land. That's so true. Nothing exciting or controversial about federal land ever happens in Oregon. SUCH good timing! |
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Feb 13, 2016 15:03:02 GMT -8
Expressed non-derisively!
(Two Word Thread response)
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Feb 13, 2016 15:03:49 GMT -8
THANKS OBAMA!!! Expressed non-derisively! (Two Word Thread response) |
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Feb 15, 2016 6:22:35 GMT -8
"That's so true. Nothing exciting or controversial about federal land ever happens in Oregon.
SUCH good timing!"
Ah, yes, exciting up here it was for a little while, but I'm no longer working the frontlines talking to our mis-informed public on a daily basis
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Post by mtngrl on Mar 8, 2016 14:49:25 GMT -8
That seems to be the norm for the last year of a president's term. OK, with me.
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