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January 14, 2009

Senate Advances Land Protection Bill
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The Senate has advanced a measure billed as the largest expansion of
wilderness protection in twenty-five years. The bill would designate
more than two million acres across nine states as wilderness. A final
vote is expected by the end of the week.



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