Breaking: Conservation Act Passes House
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Bill picks up strong bipartisan support
[UPDATE: The Senate version of the Conservation Act passed overwhelmingly today, by a vote of 91-4]. The House of Representatives has voted to pass H.R. 2016, the National Landscape Conservation Act, by a tally of 278-140. The bill will give legal recognition to the National Landscape Conservation System, a Clinton-era program that oversees some 27 million acres of federal land mainly in 11 Western states and Alaska. Joining the 238 Democrats in support of the legislation were 50 Republican members of the House [follow this link to see how your Representative voted].
“These lands play an increasingly important role in protecting our natural and historic resources,” said William H. Meadows the president of The Wilderness Society in a statement released Wednesday. The Wilderness Society is one of 75 conservation, historic preservation, faith-based, recreation, business and place-based friends groups supporting the bill.
Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt created the system in 2000 as a means to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes.
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