This would basically make it off limits to shoot in the rest of Southern California.... screw that.
Posted on 03/13/2008 11:15:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Congress is considering permanent protection for 26 million acres of beautiful and historic landscapes in the American West, but has quietly excluded millions of acres of California desert.
In a system that would rival the national parks and forests, the National Landscape Conservation Act would unify the management and funding for areas such as the original Pony Express National Historic Trail, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, a million acres of Alaskan caribou calving grounds, 38 wild rivers, Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and a tiny ghost town near the Mexican border.
But more than half of the 10.6 million-acre California Desert Conservation Area, which stretches from the Mexican border to Mono Lake, has been dropped on technical grounds. Because the word "national" isn't in its title, the conservation area doesn't qualify, according to U.S. Bureau of Land Management attorneys.
Environmental watchdogs and some land bureau employees say the California area, created by Congress in 1976, is the cornerstone of the fledgling national system. They say the semantics hide political motives: Utility companies have proposed hundreds of miles of electrical transmission corridors through California's deserts, and off-road vehicle enthusiasts oppose further regulation of the area.
"I don't think this is a technicality at all . . . That's a huge hit to desert conservation in California and the Southwest," said Daniel Patterson, director of the southwest office of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which represents whistle-blowers in government agencies.
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They’re at it again. Grab, grab, grab.
I just have one question, any oil there we can suck out before they correct it??
Sand? How could one possibly get screwed up if not preserved? Sand is rather durable.
Must be some special type of ant that acts just like any other ant but because it has a white dot on it’s ass we can’t step foot there so as not to squash any....
What do you think is going to be under “a million acres of Alaskan caribou calving grounds”?
Silly, those ants have a blue dot on their ass and of course THOSE must be saved at all costs, they are far more important than the white-dotted assed ant in our southern deserts....
Sheesh......
Well, since they have no money to patrol it, this is a good thing
You bring up a good point. A million illegal aliens can walk across it without fear of being caught, but just roll one little survey truck out there with the words “EXXON/MOBIL” painted on the side and there will be a thousand angry hippies and a congressional investigation within 24 hours...
meaning our southern border that is
This would basically make it off limits to shoot in the rest of Southern California.... screw that.
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