On March 11 President Obama protected the majestic seashore around Point Arena as part of a National Monument. Having camped in the region many times I applaud this designation.
But in their quest to prove that anything Obama is for they must be against Republicans in congress are now trying to take away the right for a President to declare public land as a National Monument.
This is the same congress that shut down national parks last year in their quest to kill people without medical insurance.
Yeah, but Keystone Pipeline just must happen!
When are the aliens going to come wipe us out? We so clearly deserve it.
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On Tuesday, President Obama held a ceremony at the White House to announce his use of executive authority to expand the California Coastal National Monument (CCNM) to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands on the Mendocino Coast. This is the first land-based addition to the CCNM and permanently protects more than 1,660 acres of beach, bluffs, and the Garcia River estuary. The area is home to rare and endangered species such as coho salmon, steelhead, the Point Arena mountain beaver, and the Behren’s silverspot butterfly. The Mendocino Coast of California was recently picked for the number 3 spot in the New York Times “52 Places to Go in 2014.” |
But in their quest to prove that anything Obama is for they must be against Republicans in congress are now trying to take away the right for a President to declare public land as a National Monument.
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Responding to President Obama’s decision last week to protect a stretch of California’s Coast near Point Arena as a new national monument, the House of Representatives is planning to vote next week to overturn a 108 year-old law that presidents of both parties have used to protect iconic American places, including the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, and Arches National Park. The bill, H.R. 1459, aims to block presidents from using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish new national monuments by putting caps on how many times it can be used, requiring congressional review of proposed monuments, and forcing local communities to engage in an ironic exercise of reviewing the environmental impacts of protecting lands for future generations. |
This is the same congress that shut down national parks last year in their quest to kill people without medical insurance.
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Coupled with the ongoing freeze on new parks and public lands bills, a vote next week to block the President’s creation of new monuments and park units would represent the endorsement of a de facto “No More National Parks” policy in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
Yeah, but Keystone Pipeline just must happen!
When are the aliens going to come wipe us out? We so clearly deserve it.
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