The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
February 27, 2019

House Bill Protects Over 1 Million Acres of Wilderness, Creates New Nat'l Sites
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The House has overwhelmingly voted to pass the Natural Resources
Management Act. The sweeping public lands bill adds over a million acres
of protected wilderness, creates four new national monuments and expands
eight existing national parks. A provision in the bill prevents mining
in over 370,000 acres of land around two national parks, including
Montana's Yellowstone. The legislation would also permanently
reauthorize the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, which lapsed
last year. The bill, which was approved by the Senate earlier this
month, now heads to the desk of President Trump.


.