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Washington, DC – Spectacular mountains, rivers and open spaces in California’s Eastern Sierra and San Gabriel Mountains are closer to gaining permanent protection today after a hearing in the Senate Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee. The Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), aims to protect nearly 475,000 acres of wilderness and 52 miles of wild and scenic rivers.

June 9, 2008

Riverside County Wilderness Bill Approved by House

Bono Mack’s widely supported conservation bill ready for Senate Riverside County, CA – Local wilderness supporters and a broad coalition of conservation groups today applauded the US House of Representative’s passage of the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act (H.R. 3682). Representative Mary Bono Mack’s (R-CA) broadly supported desert, forest and river conservation bill for Riverside County next goes before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.