Friday, March 27, 2009

2 Million Acres & More...

Yesterday, the US House and Senate approved a conservation plan protecting over 2 million acres of wilderness throughout the country. The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act now heads to the President's desk for his signature. Read more here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah! Finally some sanity and looking ahead.

Mike said...

President Obama signed the bill into law on March 30, designating over 2 million acres across nine states as wilderness, and protecting over 1000 miles of America's rivers. Here's the details.