A SIX-million-acre “glitch”. That’s what US Senator Diane Feinstein called a huge swathe of California desert left out of a major US conservation bill.
“A huge swathe of California desert has been omitted from a major US conservation bill”
The bill, which was passed to the House of Representatives last week, aims to strengthen the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). This protects more than 850 parcels of federal land scattered across the American west from urban sprawl, and a thumbs-up from Congress would ensure this protection is permanent. The bill has been hailed by politicians and conservation groups as analogous…
