California Desert Protection Bill
Sen. Seymour is not trying to “cut by more than half” the acreage in HR 2929 or S 21. He is merely saying that these bills are not the compromise that HR 3066 actually is. HR 3066, introduced by Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands), is the compromise bill. This bill was developed by the Bureau of Land Management, under the direction of Congress in 1976, when members enacted the Federal Lands Policy Management Act. Through this act, the public was extensively involved, everybody lost something and there was a compromise. Now, because certain special interest groups, such as the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, didn’t get everything they wanted, these people persuaded Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mel Levine (D-Los Angeles) to circumvent the above mentioned law and the public process that went with it.
KURT HATHAWAY
Tujunga
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