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Welcome Three New National Monuments In The California Desert
• popsci.comPresident Barack Obama announced today that his administration would add 1.8 million acres of public land to the list of protected national monuments. During his time in office, Obama has protected more than 265 million acres, both on land and water. Under this new designation, the public land will be closed to new mining and and oil extraction, and will be managed carefully, because of its historic and scientific significance.
The three new monuments--Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument, and Castle Mountains National Monument--are all a part of California's desert ecosystem. A White House fact sheet says that the new monuments "will link already protected lands, including Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and fifteen congressionally-designated Wilderness areas, permanently protecting key wildlife corridors and providing plants and animals with the space and elevation range that they will need in order to adapt to the impacts of climate change."
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3 Comments in Response to Welcome Three New National Monuments In The California Desert
This will continue until the only places people are allowed to live are metro areas, then they'll start there. Unless.....it is stopped.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Outdoor Marksmanship Threatened BLM was sued and lost for allowing target shooting on more than 12 million acres of its land in Arizona.* So now it must hold three public hearings this month (February 2016) about what to do, take public comment, and write an environmental impact statement (ugh!) under court order. YOU can affect the outcome: FROM BLM -- "The Bureau of Land Management, Sonoran Desert National Monument are seeking public input as they begin the process to amend the 2012 Sonoran Desert National Monument's Resource Management Plan to address recreational target shooting. BLM will prepare an Environmental Impact statement to compare several alternatives to effectively balance recreational target shooting with other uses within the Monument. The BLM is conducting a 60-day public scoping period from Jan 21, 2016 - March 21, 2016 and will be holding three public meetings in February." Get more info on the meeting dates and locations: http://1.usa.gov/1ZPyFSA Submit comments in writing to: BLM_AZ_SDNMtargetshooting@BLM.gov
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