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  • Barbara Boxer tries to move Pinnacles park bill

    http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/08/02/barbara-boxer-tries-to-move-pinn...
    Aug 3, 2012

    The park bill by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Monterey, passed the House unopposed on Tuesday.

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  • Your Town: Bill making Pinnacles a national park passes House

    http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_21205706/your-town-bill-making-pinnacles-...
    Aug 1, 2012

    Legislation to upgrade the Pinnacles National Monument to a national park passed the House of Representatives on a voice vote Tuesday.

    The Pinnacles National Park Act, H.R. 3641, was introduced by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, last year and co-sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Atwater.

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  • Bill to make Pinnacles a national park clears House

    http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21202138/pinnacles-bill-clears-house
    Aug 1, 2012

    HOLLISTER - A bill to upgrade the status of Pinnacles National Monument cleared the U.S House of Representatives on Tuesday.

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  • Pinnacles monument closer to park status

    http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/House-passes-bill-to-make-Pinnacles-a-nationa...
    Aug 1, 2012

    Pinnacles National Monument, home to the endangered California condor and a favorite spot for hikers and rock climbers near Soledad (Monterey County) and Hollister (San Benito County), moved closer to becoming the country's newest national park, with House approval Tuesday.

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  • Pinnacles National Monument could become 59th national park

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-pinnacles-national-monumen...
    Aug 1, 2012

    Pinnacles National Monument in central California would become the 59th U.S. national park under a bill that cleared the House on Tuesday with bipartisan support.

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  • Blissfully Lost in the Woods

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-blissfully-lost-in-the-...
    Jul 31, 2012

    ACTUALLY, that dateline isn’t quite right. It shouldn’t be “on” the Pacific Crest Trail, because my daughter and I drifted off the trail. We ended up completely lost in a wilderness of snow, mountains and forests.

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  • Their View: Senate bill, monument work together to protect public lands

    http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_21182354
    Jul 31, 2012

    Most recently this talk has focused on two measures: a wilderness bill sponsored by Senators Bingaman and Udall (S1024), and a citizens' proposal that would establish the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument by presidential proclamation.

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  • Locals recall push for Scapegoat Wilderness 40 years ago

    http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120726/LIFESTYLE05/207260313/Locals-r...
    Jul 31, 2012

    "Much to my own disappointment I became kind of a weeping old man," said Garland, 86. "I hadn't witnessed that kind of emotion, maybe in a lifetime."

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  • The Trees Are All Right

    Timothy Egan, The New York Times
    Mar 8, 2012

    Excerpts:

    In most of the American West, the trees are not the right height, which may frighten Mitt Romney, and some of them are so old as to challenge the biblical view of creation that Rick Santorum wants taught in schools.

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  • Homeland Security will not protect lands

    Tim Woody, Anchorage Daily News
    Mar 8, 2012

     

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