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A look at key provisions in Senate lands bill
By AP STAFF
Associated Press
January 12, 2009
(AP) - The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation that would designate more than 2 million acres of wilderness across nine states, from California to Virginia. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also would set aside former President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Hope, Ark., as a national historic site.
Among the provisions, by state:
California:
--Preserve nearly 450,00 acres of wilderness and 73 miles of wild and scenic rivers near Santa Clarita and along the California Nevada border, including the White Mountains.
--Protect some 190,000 acres in Riverside County as wilderness, including parts of Joshua Tree National Park.
--Protect about 70,000 acres of wilderness, including the new John Krebs Wilderness, named for the former congressman and conservationist who fought to protect these lands in the Mineral King Valley.
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Colorado:
--Protect nearly 250,000 acres of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
--Protect 66,000 acres of red rock sandstone canyons, cliffs, streams and waterfalls in western Colorado.
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Idaho:
--Protect as wilderness 517,000 acres in Idaho's Owyhee Canyonlands.
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Michigan:
--Protect 11,739 acres of wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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New Mexico:
--Protect more than 15,000 acres in San Miguel County as wilderness.
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Oregon:
--Protect 13,700 acres of old-growth forest in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest.
--Protect more than 128,000 acres of national forest on Mount Hood.
--Protect 23,000 acres in southeastern Oregon's Soda Mountain region.
--Protect nearly 31,000 acres of wilderness in the Badlands just east of Bend.
--Protect 8,600 acres of wilderness overlooking the John Day Wild and Scenic River.
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Utah:
--Protect more than 250,000 acres of wilderness in and near Zion National Park.
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Virginia:
--Protect 43,000 acres of the Jefferson National Forest as wilderness, and 12,000 as a national scenic area.
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West Virginia:
--Protect 37,000 acres in the Monongahela National Forest.
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