Showing posts with label Sand to Snow National Monument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sand to Snow National Monument. Show all posts
August 16, 2017

One California desert national monument is safe — but another is still in jeopardy

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Sand to Snow National Monument includes the Devil's Playground area just west of Highway 62, which is populated by many species of cac...
March 29, 2016

House Republicans open probe of new California national monuments

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By Carolyn Lochhead SF Gate WASHINGTON — House Republicans opened an investigation Tuesday into President Obama’s designation of three n...
February 12, 2016

Obama to designate new national monuments in the California desert

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By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post President Obama has set aside more of America’s lands and waters for conservation protection than a...
January 30, 2016

Mojave Desert areas on verge of protection under 1906 law

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By Carolyn Lochhead San Francisco Chronicle AMBOY, San Bernardino County — Drive mile upon mile through California’s Mojave Desert, and ...
November 27, 2015

Dianne Feinstein’s Million-Acre Land Grab Falters

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) ( J. Scott Applewhite, AP) by Chriss W. Street Breitbart News Network T hree months after Breitbart News...
October 20, 2015

Weekend warriors fear Washington land grab could take off-roading off the board

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A group of off-roaders and others are attempting to fight a proposed designation of three national monuments in the California desert under ...
February 9, 2015

Bill would create two new Mojave Desert national monuments

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduces legislation that aims to balance open space protections with off-highway vehicle use, energy development. ...
November 2, 2014

A new push for protecting public lands in the desert

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Joshua Tree National Park, Wednesday, October 29, 2014. (Jay Calderon) Ian James The Desert Sun T wenty years ago, President Bill Cl...
November 11, 2013

Interior secretary says Obama may bypass Congress on monuments

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she may advise Obama to act alone to create new national monuments if Congress doesn't act. Interi...
January 25, 2011

Feinstein reintroduces desert protection bill

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Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday reint...
November 30, 2010

Boxer, Reid huddle over strategy for massive resources bill

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Colleagues enlist Reid's help with last-ditch push for massive water, lands, wildlife package By Paul Quinlan, John McArdle and Patrick...
May 21, 2010

Sen. Dianne Feinstein presses ahead with monuments bill

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PETER URBAN Desert Sun Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) I t may not happen this year, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she will su...
April 15, 2010

Checking up on Whitewater Canyon's wild things

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Researchers and university students conduct a two-day 'bio-blitz' to survey the wildlife inhabiting an oasis near Palm Springs Vol...
January 15, 2010

Desert monuments legislation faces a busy Congress and political obstacles in Washington

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By JANET ZIMMERMAN and BEN GOAD The Press-Enterprise Sen. Dianne Feinstein worked for years to reconcile the competing interests of env...
December 26, 2009

Feinstein Bill: Balanced way to protect desert

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OPINION San Bernardino Sun Sen. Dianne Feinstein, author of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act that upgraded Death Valley and Josh...