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Article: SEN. CANTWELL, REP. INSLEE CONTINUE FIGHT TO PROTECT ROADLESS AREAS ON PUBLIC LANDS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The office of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., issued the following press release:
Two Washington state lawmakers are ratcheting up the fight to preserve 58 million acres of pristine areas in national forests from road building, logging and other development.
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) today filed legislation in the Senate and House respectively that would codify into law the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Clinton-era regulation aimed to protect roadless areas, which provide clean drinking water to over 60 million Americans and habitat to over 1,600 threatened, endangered or sensitive plant and animal species.
The ...