Boxer, Feinstein seek to expand protected parkland

[Hazcat]

Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Burea
Thursday, January 27, 2011

(01-27) 04:00 PST Washington - -- California's two Democratic senators are renewing plans to add millions of acres of park, wilderness, marine sanctuaries and other conservation lands in the state, including a major expansion of the desert parks, billing the effort in part as a way to boost the tourism economy.

Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday that she is optimistic the lands bills can be enacted in the new session of Congress, after the Senate failed to pass an omnibus parks bill in December's lame-duck session.

"We've done a million acres of wilderness and have a million to go," Boxer said. She introduced legislation, co-sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, to designate the Pinnacles National Monument in the Salinas Valley as a national park and add 2,715 acres to the 26,000 there now.

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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/26/MNMA1HEKKR.DTL#ixzz1CH9nWl6n

You KNOW this will not be good.  Probably no hunting, shooting, etc. allowed.

[Magoo541]

Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Burea
Thursday, January 27, 2011
California's two Democratic senators...

Didn't make it past this line before the questions started:
Are there more than two senators in any state? And would Kalifornia elect anything other than a Dem?

Carolyn, have you had anything to eat today?

[fightingquaker13]

Its like the old Helms Burton Act. You didn't need to knw anything more about it other than seeing those two bozos as sponsors. If I were in Congress I would vote against the Boxer Fienstien Act on general principles no matter what it was about. I echo Haz, nothing those two touch will end well.
FQ13

[alfack]

The land they are talking about adding probably backs right up to their "McMansions."

[r_w]

The land they are talking about adding probably backs right up to their "McMansions."

Or they own it and can't unload it because the market tanked.  But .gov will pay "fair" value.

.gov has usurped something like 90% of Utah.  When will it stop?

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

When TR came up with the idea it seemed like a good one, the only problem is that like with social security, the Govt is involved.

[fightingquaker13]

When TR came up with the idea it seemed like a good one, the only problem is that like with social security, the Govt is involved.

It still is a good idea. Its just that those two couldn't be trusted to apply the law of gravity without screwing it up.
FQ13