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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:20 PM Feb 2016

Obama grants monument status to vast swath of Calif. desert

President Barack Obama is granting national monument status to nearly 1.8 million acres of scenic Southern California desert, a move the White House says will maintain in perpetuity the region's fragile ecosystem and natural resources, as well as provide recreational opportunities for hikers, campers, hunters and others.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/obama-grants-monument-status-to-vast-swath-of-calif-desert/ar-BBppt2b?ocid=spartanntp

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Obama grants monument status to vast swath of Calif. desert (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2016 OP
K & R! HuckleB Feb 2016 #1
Cool. bigwillq Feb 2016 #2
We love the California desert, practicallyraised Hortensis Feb 2016 #3
I wonder how these sites are selected. femmocrat Feb 2016 #4
Tell me about it, they destroyed Dunkard Creek! yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2016 #5
That is a good link, thanks. femmocrat Feb 2016 #6
Mojave desert rat here ripcord Feb 2016 #7

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. We love the California desert, practicallyraised
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:15 PM
Feb 2016

our kids in a cab-over camper many weekends, but I am very glad he is doing this. Population growth means vast destruction has been taking place. BTW, anyone who has a chance to camp in the desert for the first time, be sure and do it. But skip the campfire and sit in the dark gazing at our planets, our galaxy and on past out into the universe. It is incredible.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
6. That is a good link, thanks.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:57 PM
Feb 2016

It's sickening what they are doing to our beautiful state. Especially after so much work was done to improve the waterways following all the industrial pollution of the past.

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