California Deserts Left Out of National Landscape Conservation Act

Afton Canyon, just one of the many spots in the California Desert that would be left out of the National Landscape Conservation Act

A law that would unify management and give near-national park-like protection to millions of acres of public lands would leave much of the California Desert Conservation Area out in the cold – on the technicality that these lands don’t include the term “national” in their name.

Read more about this gaping hole in the National Landscape Conservation Act (NLCA) in this L.A. Times article.

Then TAKE ACTION!
While Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) has indicated she will add the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) to the Senate’s version of the NLCA, we need to send the same message to the House of Representatives, especially Rep. Mary Bono (R-Palm Springs).

The message is simple: “The entire California Desert Conservation Area deserves the highest protection possible. Please make sure that it is added to the National Landscape Conservation Act.”

Rep. Bono can be reached at:

Washington, D.C.
104 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5330
Fax: (202) 225-2961

Palm Springs
707 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite #9
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone: (760) 320-1076
Fax: (760) 320-0596

You can reach Rep. Bono’s via e-mail using this form.

To find your own representative, go here.