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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 10:17 PM
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Question - Has President Obama Ever Created A National Monument?
I know there was a wilderness bill very early in (April 2009?) that protected some areas in Oregon (?) but was struggling to remember whether he's ever used his authority to create a N.M., or has even voiced support for any proposed new National Parks.

Anybody?
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 12:08 AM
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1. I think he recently created something like that in North West...
Edited on Fri Oct-14-11 12:14 AM by suston96
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009334713_apwapacificnorthwesttrail.html

And this: http://bestofnj.com/great-falls-national-historical-park-created-monday/

And this: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-from-the-Presidents-signing-statements-on-HR-146-the-Omnibus-Public-Lands-Management-Act/

"Today I have signed into law H.R. 146, the "Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009." This landmark bill will protect millions of acres of Federal land as wilderness, protect more than 1,000 miles of rivers through the National Wild and Scenic River System, and designate thousands of miles of trails for the National Trails System. It also will authorize the 26 million-acre National Landscape Conservation System within the Department of the Interior.
Among other provisions, H.R. 146 designates three new units in our National Park System, enlarges the boundaries of several existing parks, and designates a number of National Heritage Areas. It creates a new national monument -- the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument –- and four new national conservation areas, and establishes the Wyoming Range Withdrawal Area. It establishes a collaborative landscape-scale restoration program with a goal of reducing the risk of wildfire and authorizes programs to study and research the effects of climate change on natural resources and other research-related activities."
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 09:41 AM
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2. Cool - thanks for you answer!
:hi:
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