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Urge the House to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act!
Urge the House to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act!
from http://forestsforever.org
2/20/2009--In California alone, the bill would protect more than 750,000 acres of wilderness and 105 miles of wild and scenic rivers.
Now that President Barack Obama has signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
into law, the U.S. Congress is turning its attention to other pressing matters.
When the Congress convenes on Feb. 23 a top priority for the House of Representatives is taking up the matter of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. That sweeping package of wilderness-protection bills enjoys strong bi-partisan support. It was passed overwhelmingly (73 yea, 21 nay) by the Senate on Jan. 15 and now awaits House action.
TO TAKE ACTION:
Make a call: Dial your Representative at (202) 224-3121 (the Capitol Hill switchboard will direct you) and let him or her know you urge passage of this legislation – without amendments! Amendments would send the bill back to the Senate for further negotiations that could take months.
IN DEPTH:
California landmarks that could be protected under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 include 115,000 acres within Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park; 200,000 acres in Riverside County, including additions to Joshua Tree National Park and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains National Monument; and more than 500,000 acres in Inyo, Mono, and northern Los Angeles counties, including additions to the Hoover Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada, and protection for the White Mountains, America’s highest desert mountain range.
The Act also would establish the 26-million-acre National Landscape Conservation System which will help to protect the crown jewels of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holdings, including more than 800 individual units: 15 National Monuments, 13 National Conservation Areas, the Headwaters Forest Reserve in northern California, 38 Wild and Scenic Rivers, 183 Wilderness Areas, and more than 5,100 miles of National Scenic and Historic Trails.
California lands in the package include:
* HOOVER WILDERNESS ADDITIONS (some 79,820 acres in the Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo
National Forests, identified as “Hoover East Wilderness Addition,” “Hoover West
Wilderness Addition,” and “Bighorn Proposed Wilderness Addition.”
* JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS ADDITIONS (some 70,411 acres in the Inyo National Forest as well
as BLM lands in Inyo County);
* ANSEL ADAMS WILDERNESS ADDITION (some 528 acres in the Inyo National Forest);
* WHITE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS (about 230,000 acres in the Inyo National Forest as well as
BLM land in Mono County);
* GRANITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS (some 34,342 acres in the Inyo National Forest as well as
BLM lands in Mono County).
* MAGIC MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS (some 12, 282 acres in the Angeles National Forest);
* PLEASANT VIEW RIDGE WILDERNESS (nearly 27,000 acres in the Angeles National Forest).
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http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2009-1
HOW THE SENATE VOTED ON the Omnibus Public Lands and wilderness bill to break filibuster
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