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WASHINGTON (Sept. 3, 2010) - The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group issued the following statement by director Mike Matz on President Barack Obama's proclamation declaring September as National Wilderness Month.
MESQUITE, NV - The Campaign for America's Wilderness at the Pew Environment Group is teaming up with Friends of Gold Butte, Nevada Wilderness Project and Friends of Nevada Wilderness to kick off an online and print ad campaign featuring Nevadans from various backgrounds-a teacher, a student and a school counselor, casino workers, retirees and a small business owner-who share a love of the state's wild places and a desire to see Nevada's Gold Butte protected for future generations.
The Campaign for America's Wilderness at the Pew Environment Group is teaming up with Wilderness Workshop, Colorado Mountain Club and Colorado Environmental Coalition to kick off a print and online ad campaign featuring Coloradans from various backgrounds-a small business owner, a teacher and an interior designer-who share a love of the state's wild places and a desire to see Colorado's Hidden Gems protected for future generations.
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group today applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for approving The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act (S. 1689) and sending it to the full Senate for consideration.
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group lauded Chairman Bingaman (D-NM) and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for approving a bill to designate nearly 30,000 acres of wilderness on Wassen Creek in Oregon's Coast Range. The measure now goes to the full senate.
Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee today heard testimony on two federal bills, which together would add over 378,000 acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA), S. 3294, introduced by Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Jim Risch (R-ID), will permanently protect more than 330,000 acres of Forest Service land in the central part of the state. The Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010 (S.
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group today applauded the House Natural Resources Committee for approving The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act (H.R. 3914), and sending it to the House floor.
Introduced by Representative John Salazar (D-CO), the measure will protect more than 61,000 acres of public land in southwest Colorado--33,000 acres as wilderness--including additions to the Mount Sneffels and Lizard Head wilderness areas.
The Campaign for America’s Wilderness, of the Pew Environment Group, today commended members of the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands for holding a hearing to consider the Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act (H.R. 5009). Introduced by Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT), the legislation will permanently protect more than 26,000 acres of national forest land in Utah’s central Wasatch Mountains.
The Campaign for America’s Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group hailed the introduction of a bill to designate nearly 20,000 acres of wilderness on the Cherokee National Forest in east Tennessee. Sponsored by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Bob Corker (R-TN), the measure would be the first wilderness designation in the state in more than 25 years.
The Campaign for America's Wilderness of the Pew Environment Group today applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for hearing testimony on the California Desert Protection Act of 2010 (S. 2921).
