Subject: Fw: News from the Conservation Lands Foundation
Everyone: we have all seen the Newspaper clip that I forwarded to you before, however the Conservation Lands Foundation picked this up as well because I also forwarded to them for their national Newsletter. Always good to see our Caves and the dedicated volunteers recognized. Lynda Sanchez From: Conservation Lands Foundation Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 11:50 AM To: diamond...@pvtn.net Subject: News from the Conservation Lands Foundation Weekly News Clips Our Mission: To protect, restore and expand the National Conservation Lands through education, advocacy, and partnerships. _____________ Quick Links CLF Homepage Contact Us Pictures of the Conservation Lands ____________ Become a Friend of the Conservation Lands on Facebook! _________________ In This Issue- Weekly News Clips -- December 5, 2012 Protecting Public Lands is Key to the West's Competitive Advantage Long past time to protect Gold Butte A hidden playground: Dominguez Canyon full of beauty, history Report on status of San Pedro to be presented Wednesday Photos, essays offer glimpse of NPRA complexity A monumental danger Fort Stanton Cave Study Project honors two with Caver Hall of Fame awards Protecting Public Lands is Key to the West's Competitive Advantage Conservation Lands Foundation blog 12/5/12 For those of us who live and work near our National Conservation Lands, we know the inherent value of having these amazing places protected for future generations. In fact a recent poll this summer showed that nine-in-ten Westerners agree that public lands, including "national parks, forests, monuments, and wildlife areas" are an essential part of their state's economy. So it's nice to see this feeling confirmed through economic research. A new report by Headwaters Economics entitled West Is Best: How Public Lands in the West Create a Competitive Economic Advantage shows that protected public lands provide western states with a competitive economic advantage. Read More>> Long past time to protect Gold Butte Las Vegas Sun 12/1/12 Monday's op-ed column about the Gold Butte area, "Protecting Gold Butte would help tourism," highlighted the many important values of this unique area. A recent survey of Clark County residents showed that two-thirds of them agree that it should be protected. Ideally by now, our congressional delegation would have introduced legislation to designate Gold Butte as a National Conservation Area. Since that hasn't happened, perhaps it is time for President Barack Obama to accede to the will of the people by establishing it as a national monument. Read More>> A hidden playground: Dominguez Canyon full of beauty, history Coloradoan 12/1/12 The Dominguez Canyon Wilderness, located west of U.S. 50, near Grand Junction, is a 66,280-acre expanse located within the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area. Established in 2009 as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness is the largest roadless area managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the state. Read More>> Report on status of San Pedro to be presented Wednesday Sierra Vista Herald 12/1/12 A final report on the condition of the San Pedro River by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Riparian Service Team will be presented Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at the Sierra Vista Police Department's training room. The report will cover each of the 10 reaches of the river, an overview on its current condition and ways the river may be helped. The report represents the culmination of days in April spent hiking public lands within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) along the river from the Mexican border to St. David to assess the reaches that covered some 51 miles and months of studying and discussing the results. Read More>> Photos, essays offer glimpse of NPRA complexity The Arctic Sounder 11/30/12 A recently released book of photography and essays aims to document the richness of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a richness its authors and photographers say goes far beyond the potential oil reserves beneath its tundra. Read More>> Conservationists: Mobilize in defense of American Wilderness Act Alaska Dispatch 11/30/12 Conservationists and wilderness enthusiasts across America are mobilizing to defeat a bill passed by the House of Representatives in April that would eviscerate the 1964 Wilderness Act. Deceptively entitled the Sportsmen's Heritage Act, the bill (H.R. 4089) purports to protect hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. The bill is being pushed by powerful groups like the National Rifle Association and Safari Club International and supported by some of the most anti-wilderness Republicans in Congress. And it would effectively gut the Wilderness Act and protections for every wilderness in America's 110-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System - everywhere from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness along the Montana-Idaho border that I can see from my home. Read More>> A monumental danger High Country News 11/30/12 Thomas Hulen, executive director ofFriends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, doesn't like all the negative publicity. "Mostly what we hear in the news is the problems with smuggling," he said, "and people are afraid to go down there because of this issue." He doesn't think people should be scared of visiting public lands, so his group is staging a series of hikes and trash clean-ups in the area designed to "show our elected officials and the smugglers we will not be intimidated and that we demand to access and enjoy our public land heritage," according to a post on the group's website. Read More>> Fort Stanton Cave Study Project honors two with Caver Hall of Fame awards Ruidoso Free Press 11/20/12 During the 2012 fall expedition of the FSCSP, two world renowned cavers and scientists were honored for their contributions, expertise, years of dedication, creativity and research to help better understand the unique history and geo-hydrology of world class Fort Stanton Cave. Part of the BLM's National Conservation Area system, this particular NCA was established in 2009 as a result of a major push to preserve the cave and its surroundings after the 2001 breakthrough and discovery of Snowy River Passage. Read More>> What did I miss? Please send stories on the National Conservation Lands to da...@conservationlands.org Forward email This email was sent to diamond...@pvtn.net by da...@conservationlands.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. 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