NEWS
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- Broad Federal Law Making Its Way Through Congress Would Allow Government To Take Your Car
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA - Feb 22, 2009
In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which passed the Senate (S. 22) in January and is up for a vote in the House as early as this Wednesday ... - Collect a rock, lose your car
WND.com - Grants Pass,OR,USA - Feb 22, 2009
In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a "forfeiture" provision would let the government confiscate "all vehicles and equipment of any person" ... - Pat Byington - Congress can be bipartisan and protect this land we love
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA - Feb 22, 2009
Pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Americans love our public lands, and it is that love which unifies us. The famous author and farmer ... - Omnibus Public Lands bill
Seattle Times - United States - Feb 18, 2009
The bill, The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, passed in Senate with a large majority and goes to the House for a vote early next week. ... - House should pass public lands act
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA - Feb 17, 2009
The Senate has already passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, bipartisan legislation that rolls together about 160 proposals to designate ... - Preserving Virginia’s landmarks
Suffolk News-Herald - Suffolk,VA,USA - Feb 17, 2009
In January, we took a big step toward this goal with the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which included three pieces of ... - Outdoors notebook
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA - Feb 17, 2009
That's why Geiger and sportsmen and wildlife conservation organiza-tions around the country are supporting the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (S.22), ... - Federal protection for Amargosa River may boost tourism in region
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA - Feb 16, 2009
The Wild and Scenic River designation has been bundled into the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a massive federal lands bill that is expected to ... - Federal grant funds may brighten future for Bridgeton's past
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA - Feb 16, 2009
After being signed into law as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, the administration of Preserve America moves to the Department of the ... - Wilderness label would protect Magic Mountain (the other one)
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - Feb 15, 2009
His Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act is one of 150 bills rolled into the cumbersome omnibus package, which would set aside 2 ... - Preserve more wilderness
Buffalo News - NY, United States - Feb 15, 2009
the Senate lumped what had been 160 different bills into the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and passed it by a vote of 73-21... - Our View: Protecting our land
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA - Feb 14, 2009
So when a piece of federal legislation called the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 comes around that, among other things, sets aside two chunks of ... - We Need to Start Budgeting Water Like We Budget Our Expenses
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA - Feb 11, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, S.22, is a nearly 1250-page bill that's perhaps best-known for the numerous additions to the National ... - Omnibus Lands Bill Deserves House Support
Willcox Range News - Willcox,AZ,USA - Feb 11, 2009
S22 would would designate 468854 of Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel mountains as wilderness with the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act ... - Heritage corridor up for extension
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA - Feb 11, 2009
The US Senate has passed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. The House will take up that legislation, which includes HR 397, a resolution ... - 24 Hours Left to Protect America's Wilderness
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA - Feb 10, 2009
In January, the Senate quickly took action to reverse this dismal record and passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 — S.22 ... - Protect green space in red and blue states
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA - Feb 10, 2009
House passage of the omnibus public-lands bill will protect treasured American ... has a bulky name: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ... - What would Thoreau do?
The Daily Planet - Telluride,CO,USA - Feb 10, 2009
The US House of Representatives will soon vote on the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, a bundle of protections for public lands that would ... - The Nature Conservancy Urges Passage of Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
The Nature Conservancy - Arlington,VA,USA - Feb 10, 2009
While the nation’s attention is focused on ... The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (S.22) is the most comprehensive ... - Ailing Arizona needs unity
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA - Feb 8, 2009
The Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service ... The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide ... - An American Opportunity
Kansas City Star - MO,USA - Feb 7, 2009
The US House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 this coming Tuesday or Wednesday. The Omnibus Public ... - Bright sponsors Chattahoochee Trace bill
Eufaula Tribune - Eufaula,AL,USA - Feb 7, 2009
The feasibility study has already been included in S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which the House is set to consider in the coming ... - Save the forests, hug a logger
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA - Feb 7, 2009
The Senate's recent decision to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 further strains the domestic logging industry. The act calls for the ... - NLCS Passes Senate
MotorcycleUSA.com - Medford,OR,USA - Feb 5, 2009
In one of the first actions of the new session, the Senate approved by a vote of 73-21, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a package of more ... - BlueRibbon Coalition Responds To Omnibus Land Bill
Cycle News - Tucker,GA,USA - Feb 4, 2009
The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 was fast-tracked through the US Senate and could see a vote in the House as early as next week ... - Amargosa River bill will only affect California
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA - Jan 30, 2009
The passage in the US Senate of the Omnibus Public Lands Bill of 2009, including the designation of wild and scenic river status for the ... - Wilderness, conservation area bill passes Senate
Delta County Independent - Delta,CO,USA - Jan 28, 2009
Earlier this month, the United States Senate passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S.22) by a vote of 73-21. ... - Risch’s true colors
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA - Jan 28, 2009
The "Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009" will cordon off more than 3 million acres from energy leasing by restricting various areas as "federal ... - Environmentalists push for massive north-state conservation area
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA - Jan 27, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 would create another 2 million acres of wilderness, including four new conservation areas in mostly Western ... - Wilderness bill worth keeping
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA - Jan 27, 2009
Much of the land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. ... In fact, most observers have praised the Omnibus Public Land Act of 2009 for being ... - McKeon's Wilderness, Water Bills Pass Senate
Inland Empire News - Jan 26, 2009
the Senate passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act that will designate over two million acres of wilderness in nine states, create a new 26 million acre National Landscape Conservation System, protect over a thousand miles of ... - Rex Rammell: Sen. Risch a sellout to his party and Idaho on federal land grab
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA - Jan 24, 2009
The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 will cordon off more than 3 million acres from energy leasing by restricting various areas as "federal ... - Wilderness Bill Worth Keeping: U.S. House Should Adopt Senate-Approved Legislation
istockAnalyst.com (press release) - Salem,OR,USA - Jan 23, 2009
In a rare move, the U.S. Senate spent a Sunday, Jan. 11, in session long enough to approve an omnibus wilderness bill -- the Omnibus Public Land Act of 2009. The bill now goes to the House, hopefully for quick approval before Congress gets caught up in haggling over the economic-stimulus package. ... - Remembering the Events of the Trail of Tears and of Green McAdoo School
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA - Jan 22, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S. 22), a package a package of more than one hundred different bills, passed the Senate today by a vote of ... - Tourism growth — Expansion of wilderness areas welcomed
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield,WV,USA - Jan 22, 2009
The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act, which was included in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, has passed the US Senate, according to US Sen. ... - Copper-Salmon Wilderness passes Senate
Curry County Reporter - Gold Beach,OR,USA - Jan 21, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which passed the Senate by a 73-21 vote, includes other Oregon land and incorporates other ... - Idaho’s wilderness revival
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA - Jan 21, 2009
Included in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which still requires the approval of the House, is Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo's Owyhee canyonlands ... - Wilderness bill heads for House
Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA - Jan 19, 2009
Barbara Boxer are now poised to look back on two years of fighting to get the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Mountains Wild Heritage Act through ... - Clinton home declared historic site
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA - Jan 19, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 would also make Clinton’s birthplace home a unit of the National Park System ... - Senate acts to study landmark
Brunswick Times Record - ME, USA - Jan 19, 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 passed the US Senate on Thursday by a vote of 73-21, according to Collins' spokesman Kevin Kelley ... - The Most Significant Conservation Effort In 15 Years
Daily Green - USA - Jan 18, 2009
The bill is a treasure chest of wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic trails, and national conservation areas. It gives statutory permanence to the wild, less well known network of lands in the National Landscape Conservation System ... - Senate approves protection of public lands
Sun Shopper - Prescott,AZ,USA - Jan 16, 2009
Senate Bill 22, known as the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, now goes to the House where leaders expect approval within a week or two ... - McKeon's Wilderness, Water Bills Pass Senate
KHTS Radio - Santa Clarita,CA,USA - Jan 16, 2009
Our congressman Buck McKeon is praising the passage of S.22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 , which includes McKeon's Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Mountains Wild Heritage Act and Mammoth Lake Community Water District language ... - Senate approves 2 million acres for wilderness
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA - Jan 16, 2009
The Senate approved a major expansion of wilderness areas nationwide Thursday, protecting more than 2 million acres of public land from drilling, logging and mining, including 735,000 acres across California ... - Wilderness package includes 735 acres in state
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA - Jan 16, 2009
The huge wilderness conservation package approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate would forever protect some of California's most spectacular scenery ... - US Senate Votes To Protect California Rivers
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA - Jan 15, 2009
Mary Bono-Mack, and the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, sponsored by Rep. Buck McKeon. Both bills are cosponsored by Senate ... - Amargosa River bill advances in Senate
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA - Jan 14, 2009
The U.S. Senate Sunday voted 66-12 to limit debate and block any filibusters on a massive public lands bill that will protect 2 million acres nationwide, including the designation of parts of the Amargosa River under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ... - Wilderness bill encourages locals
Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA - Jan 7, 2009
A key Senate committee approved the Eastern Sierra and northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act last fall, but the measure did not make it to law. Sen ... - High hopes for an auto tax credit
Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA - Jan 6, 2009
His wilderness bill - introduced in May as the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act - seeks to protect sweeping tracts of land in ... - Omnibus Lands Bill Restricts Energy Exploration
The Heritage Foundation - Nov 14, 2008
The lands bill removes public land that would be available for recreational, commercial, and private ownership use by designating such land as wilderness areas, heritage areas, conservation areas and wild and scenic rivers. Furthermore, the bill places restrictions on existing federal property ... - McKeon: Cemex, wilderness bills won't die
Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA - Oct 14, 2008
McKeon's wilderness bill - introduced in May as the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act - seeks to protect sweeping tracts of land in ... - Senate Energy Committee Approves Three Boxer Bills to Protect More than 700,000 Acres of CA Wilderness
YubaNet, CA - Sep 12, 2008
The Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, introduced in the House by Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA-25) will give wilderness ... - Two Cents Worth: Trust in government low; CPA expands influence Reid rep forced to respond; Nevada committee takes action; Feinstein seeks more wilderness
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - Aug 29, 2008
Despite promises that the Wild Heritage Act sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Buck McKeon would be the last requested within Inyo County, ... - Lawsuit resurrects wilderness issue
Big Bear Grizzly, USA - Aug 27, 2008
California Senator Barbara Boxer included the Sugarloaf Wilderness in her California Wild Heritage Act of 2007. Again, local governments and fire ... - SCV Outdoor Report: Lessons Learned While Feeding A Toddler
KHTS Radio, CA - Aug 29, 2008
McKeon had included lower Piru Creek in his wilderness protection bill, HR 6156, the Eastern Sierra and San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act. He must have had ...