Administration Urges New Wilderness "Protections"

From seattlepi.com -The Obama administration is calling for 18 new wilderness and conservation area declarations in nine Western states, according to a report released Thursday by the secretary of the Interior that he hopes will result in new legislation from Congress establishing the new land protections.  They include creation of San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in Washington, protections for New Mexico's Rio Grande del Norte and 16 other sites.  More News New Mexico

Administration Urges New Wilderness "Protections"