The U.S. House passed a broad-based lands package, designating more than one million acres as wilderness and permanently reauthorizing funding for public parks across the country
Death Valley National Park in California is among the public lands that will be expanded under legislation the House approved Tuesday. Photo: rhona wise/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images 0 Comments By Andrew Duehren Andrew Duehren The Wall Street Journal BiographyAndrew Duehren @aduehren andrew.duehren@wsj.com Feb. 26, 2019 6:46 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives passed a broad-based lands package Tuesday, designating more than one million acres in the U.S.
Financed largely by revenue from offshore oil and gas drilling, the program pays for federal efforts to acquire public lands and also provides grants to states to acquire and maintain public parks. Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California's Mojave Desert will be enlarged under the bills that will go to President Trump for signing. Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press “This bill represents Congress at its best and truly gives the American people something to be excited about.
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