The Wilderness Society today took a position on three bills being heard in the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
The following statement from Peter Dykstra, Pacific Northwest Regional Director at The Wilderness Society was issued in response to the pending national monument designation of Bureau of Land Management lands in Washington state’s San Juan Islands:
The Wilderness Society today applauded Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and President Obama for holding a public hearing on the permanent protection of Rio Grande del Norte in northern New Mexico.