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2002 - In The News Archives

In The News | Archives - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

November 21, 2002
Sacramento Bee
Senate OKs protection of 55,000 acres
The bill to designate Big Sur lands as wilderness is on its way to Bush's desk.
Legislation extending wilderness protection to some 55,000 acres of federal lands in the Big Sur area is on its way to President Bush's desk after passage by the Senate on Wednesday. Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
San Francisco Chronicle
Land added to protected Big Sur region;
Both houses OK
The last hours of the lame-duck session of Congress produced an amazingly green product: legislation adding wilderness areas to California's Big Sur region.
Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
Monterey County Herald
Local lands headed for protection;
Pinnacles, Big Sur in wilderness bill
The biggest additions in eight years to California's wilderness are in a bill headed for President Bush's desk this week after the Senate approved the Big Sur portion of a more ambitious statewide land protection plan.
Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
Los Angeles Times
Senate OKs Wilderness Protections
President is expected to sign measure affecting
land near Big Sur.
The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to protect as wilderness nearly 55,000 acres of land around the Big Sur coast and in Pinnacles National Monument.
Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
San Jose Mercury News
Wilderness Decree Would Ban Logging, Other Activities
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved designating 56,880 acres of canyons, streams, oak forests and other scenic federal lands on the Big Sur coast and at Pinnacles National Monument in San Benito County as protected wilderness.
Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
Contra Costa Times
Big Sur preservation awaits signature
Nearly 55,000 acres will join protected state wilderness if President Bush signs legislation
The biggest additions in eight years to California's wilderness are in a bill headed to President Bush's desk this week after the Senate approved the Big Sur portion of a more ambitious statewide land protection plan.
Read more . . .

November 21, 2002
The Pinnacle
Pinnacles expands as condors delayed
Farr bill passed by House seen as boon to tourism; condors delayed as park officials struggle with logistics
If the Senate agrees with the House this week, the government will set aside 2,715 more acres around National Monument as federally protected wilderness, a move that will enhance the park's plan to reintroduce six rare California Condors, whose arrival now has been delayed by logistics until at least next spring.
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November 3, 2002
Preserving wilderness is not a partisan issue;
Conservation remains a fundamental conservative value
Monterey County Herald
Conservative environmentalists. No, that term is not an oxymoron.
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October 7, 2002
Protection Debated for One of Last Wild Rivers
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Bid for U.S. safeguards faces opposition from power companies, sportsmen.
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October 3, 2002
Wilderness Additions Up For Grabs
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Some real estate cliches apply amazingly well to wilderness.
Available in PDF (72kb) . . .

September 1, 2002
Going To The Source
San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego River is born free and wild, then tamed and abused by civilization
Available in PDF(85kb). . .

August 5, 2002
L.A.'s Rivers Get Some Respect
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
A new proposal could someday turn the lower Los Angeles River and the San Gabriel River - now little more than concrete-lined ditches - into one of the nation's few urban national parks. Available in PDF (30kb). . .

August 1, 2002
WILDERNESS ACT PICKS UP MOUNTAIN BIKER SUPPORT
CHICO NEWS & REVIEW
A state coalition of mountain bike enthusiasts has come out in support of Sen. Barbara Boxer's California Wild Heritage Act, which would place some 2 million acres off limits to logging, mining and off-road vehicles, including mountain bikes. Hiking, fishing, hunting and camping would be allowed. Read more . . .

July 25, 2002
Wilderness plan wins backers
The UNION
Nevada County supervisors are supporting a wilderness bill proposed by Sen. Barbara Boxer, now that mountain biking enthusiasts - once opposed - have decided to support it. Available in PDF (86kb) . . .

July 25, 2002
Protect Wilderness From Development
THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD
A map of areas Rep. Sam Farr is seeking to protect from development with his Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act looks rather crazy-quilt, but there's definitely a pattern there. Read more . . .

July 22, 2002
Expanding The Wilderness
THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD
By Dennis Moran
The mountains that tumble down to the Big Sur coast are an icon of California at its rugged, scenic best. But that coastal face of the Santa Lucia range is just the edge of a 320-square-mile designated wilderness that stuns visitors with its diversity. Read more . . .

June 5, 2002
Wilderness Needed
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
DURING THE PAST 20 years, 675,000 acres of California's unprotected wilderness -- approximately the size of Yosemite National Park -- have been harmed by commercial interests and other threats. As of this year, legally protected wilderness areas account for only 13 percent of our state. Available in PDF (50kb).

May 31, 2002
The Whitewater Way
THE FRESNO BEE
The Kings River affords a great opportunity for Valley adventurers to take on wild waters. Read more . . .

May 25, 2002
Wilderness as Legacy
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Wildness can be a perishable thing, succumbing to the bite of the chain saw, the ruts of the all-terrain vehicle and the seemingly inevitable crush of development. As California's population soars toward 50 million, our remaining wild lands become more precious. Read more . . .

January 19, 2002
Boxer Bill Seeks Protections
For Kings River Stretch By Pine Flat
FRESNO BEE
WASHINGTON -- The future of the Kings River is being debated again as a 12-mile stretch in the Sierra National Forest could be given federal protections against dam building. Available in PDF (64kb).