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US House passes historic public lands bill pledging to protect nearly 3m acres
The Guardian UK ^ | 28 Feb 2021 | Annette McGivney

Posted on 02/28/2021 1:13:20 AM PST by blueplum

The US House of Representatives has passed a historic public lands preservation bill that pledges to protect nearly 3m acres of federal lands in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona.

The act combines various bills that languished without Senate approval during the Trump administration. Key provisions include permanently banning new uranium mining on land surrounding the Grand Canyon, giving wilderness designation to 1.5m acres of federal land, and preserving 1,000 river miles by adding them to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System....

...The bill, called the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act, has strong support from the Biden administration, in part because it will help the president achieve his goal of protecting at least 30% of US land from development by 2030 in order to combat climate change.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arizona; california; colorado; environmentalism; federalland; globalwarminghoax; grandcanyon; greennewdeal; house; landgrab; publiclands; uranium; washington
while we were distracted with covid legislation, the government pushes to lock down 30% of all land in the US, including riverfronts/water access while axing jobs and creating wildfire managment headaches
1 posted on 02/28/2021 1:13:20 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The news networks never report what we should know about until after the fact.....that’s not going to change. It’s hand and glove cover for any push back from the public.


2 posted on 02/28/2021 1:26:37 AM PST by caww
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got curious and found out that about 5% of US land is designated wilderness, with about half of that being in Alaska. If Biden is going for 30% that’s a whole lot of land being grabbed by the feds.

To be noted, admittance to federal wilderness is by permission only - that is they can restrict if, when and how long you can ‘visit,’ and what activities you can and can’t engage in. Turning wilderness into the playgrounds of the intelliectuals, the connected and the elites on ‘reasearch symposiums’. And looking a lot like crazy Agenda 21 stuff.

According to wiki, “Human activities in wilderness areas are restricted to scientific study and non-mechanized recreation; horses are permitted but mechanized vehicles and equipment, such as cars and bicycles, are not.”


3 posted on 02/28/2021 1:29:42 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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“such as cars and bicycles, are not.”

Eventually, I imagine also such a trapping equipment and firearms as well.


4 posted on 02/28/2021 1:54:03 AM PST by centermass_socrates (Keep it clean, keep it loaded, and keep it handy.)
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... in part because it will help the president achieve his goal of stealing at least 30% of US land from States and citizens by 2030 under the guise of the man made scam of “climate change”.


5 posted on 02/28/2021 2:16:26 AM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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Turning wilderness into the playgrounds of the intelliectuals, the connected and the elites on ‘reasearch symposiums’.

They're not intellectuals, they only think they are.

They are extremists however, very ignorant (and arrogant; a deadly combination) and they hate you and want to kill you to boot!

A happy group of people they are!
6 posted on 02/28/2021 2:17:59 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: jdsteel
Climate change? There is absolutely no science to support this.

And Climate change is a natural phenomena controlled by God not man.

We're so vain. We're saying God is making a mistake....again....and again....and again since the beginning of time.

7 posted on 02/28/2021 2:33:25 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: jdsteel

This is a continuation of the Clinton Obama agendas


8 posted on 02/28/2021 2:42:58 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: blueplum

Im sure much of this land is land that could be designated for building along with wilderness land. This gives them the right to restrict the building, just ask agenda 21


9 posted on 02/28/2021 2:57:36 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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Wilderness is the great generator of forest fires.
All that protected dead trees like to catch fire and burn.


10 posted on 02/28/2021 3:23:37 AM PST by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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I still remember when Reagan was trying to sell off federal lands. The left fought him harder on that than just about anything else...Reagan knew what would happen if the government kept that land.


11 posted on 02/28/2021 5:02:14 AM PST by BobL
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Return most of federal land to the individual states I say.


12 posted on 02/28/2021 8:52:53 AM PST by Az Joe (Congress got less than it deserved on January 6th)
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To: BobL

So do I. I ran that program for the Dept. of Interior. It was called the Asset Management Program. Too bad it wasn’t more successful.


13 posted on 02/28/2021 1:55:29 PM PST by cowpoke
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