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A New Law Adds Two-Million Acres of Publicly Owned Land to the 'National Wilderness Preservation System'
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PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS JUST SIGNED INTO LAW THE "OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009"--WHICH ADDS SOME TWO-MILLION ACRES OF
PUBLICLY OWNED LAND, ACROSS NINE STATES, TO THE "NATIONAL WILDERNESS
PRESERVATION SYSTEM". AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE
SIGNING CEREMONY WAS MIKE MATZ--THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S WILDERNESS...
(MATZ):
"THE SUPPORT FOR THIS LAW, BY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE--AS WELL AS THE SCOPE AND DIVERSITY OF THE LANDS PROTECTED BY
THE LAW--ARE A CLEAR INDICATION THAT AMERICANS RECOGNIZE THAT OUR WILD
LANDS SERVE MANY PURPOSES--NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS AS A PLACE TO HUNT,
FISH, HIKE, CAMP, WATCH BIRDS, AND JUST FIND SOME SOLITUDE. WE
LOSE SIX-THOUSAND ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, EVERY DAY; SO, IT JUST MAKES
SENSE TO PROTECT SOME OF OUR WILD LANDS--AS A LEGACY FOR OUR CHILDREN
AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. IT'S FITTING THAT THE FIRST CONSERVATION
BILL TO BE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA COMES IN THE YEAR WHEN THE NATION
CELEBRATES THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'WILDERNESS ACT'--THE LAW
THAT MADE THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"LEAVE-IT-WILD"-DOT-ORG.
