The House of Representatives has voted to pass H.R. 2016, the National Landscape Conservation Act, by a tally of 278-140. The bill will give legal recognition to the National Landscape Conservation System, a Clinton-era program that oversees some 27 million acres of federal land mainly in 11 Western states and Alaska.
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Breaking: House of Reps Passes Landmark National Conservation Act
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Submitted by ecopolitico on Thu, 2008-04-10 00:28. | Tags: politics | congress | conservation | house of representatives | hr 1016 | wilderness
