Awesome. Wilderness rocks. I think I had heard of this bill a few months ago. Barry
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: From: Edward Frank <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Omnibus Public Lands Management Act To: "ENTS Google" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 12:50 PM ENTS "Today the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act [H.R. 146] which when signed into law by the President will protect in perpetuity as wilderness under the Wilderness Act of 1964 two million acres of our Federal public lands in their natural condition for future generations of Americans to use and enjoy. The wilderness community across the country has invested a tremendous amount of blood, sweat, and tears over the last decade to get to this point. With today's vote we will grow the National Wilderness Preservation System to nearly 110 million acres -- the largest single addition to the System since 1994. This is a deeply profound validation of all the work, hopes, and dreams of wilderness advocates everywhere. Its significance cannot be exaggerated." Ed Frank --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
