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| With the Governor threatening to close up to 100 of California’s 279 state parks as early as today, Environment California and local activists stood outside Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park and urged the Governor and the Legislature to keep the parks open. | |
| “The 9th Circuit Court today stopped eight years of Bush administration efforts to mine and log away our last Roadless forests. The ruling is a victory for the trees, for the wildlife and clean waters supported by those trees, and for the millions of American’s who voiced their support for protecting the trees.” | |
| Sacramento, Ca. In signing the state budget the Governor has cut another six million dollars from the State Parks budget which may close as many as 100 state parks this fall. | |
| Dan Jacobson's Press Statement on the state budget committee's work to protect the coast and 279 state parks. | |
| Sacramento, CA. The California Natural Resources Committee in the Assembly passed 7 bills to protect the coast of California. These bills are in response to the oil spilled from a South Korea-bound container ship when it struck a tower supporting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in dense fog in November 2007. | |
| In the face of a dramatic increases in new mining claims in California, state officials and environmental groups called on Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer to reform the 135-year-old law that governs the mining of gold, uranium and other hardrock minerals on federal lands in California and other western states. | |
| Statement by Dan Jacobson, Legislative Director Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown took steps today to sue the federal government for failing to protect California’s National Forests. The federal government’s mis-management plans leave open almost 500,000 acres to various forms of development including road building and oil drilling. “For years President Bush has worked to chop down our National Forests, and once again Governor Schwarzenegger has taken away his axeâ€, said Dan Jacobson Legislative Director for Environment California. | |
| Environment California applauds Senator Feinstein's leadership in securing a $191 million increase for national parks in FY08. However, a much larger funding increase is needed to reverse current deficits and give the parks the protection they need. | |
| Environment Groups Call on Congress to Approve $200 Million Funding Increase for National Parks. Over $5 Billion Needed for Full Funding in Coming Years | |
| We applaud Congressman George Miller for joining Congressmen Inslee (D-WA) and Ramstad (R-MN) to reintroduce the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007. The bill will protect 4.4 million acres of national forest lands in California – and 58.5 million acres nationwide – from most logging and road-building. The bill was introduced with a bipartisan group of 141 original cosponsors. At the same time, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John Warner (R-VA) lead a group of 18 Senators in introducing a companion bill in the Senate. | |
| Judge Elizabeth Laporte of the Northern District of California today overturned the Bush administration’s repeal of protections for nearly 60 million acres of pristine national forest lands. | |
| Asm. Lloyd Levine has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 56 (AJR56) to encourage the federal government to protect California’s roadless areas. | |
| Tomorrow, Gov. Schwarzenegger will file a petition with the federal government seeking 100 percent protection for California’s 4.4 million acres of wild forests. We applaud the governor for standing up to the Bush administration and protecting California’s wild forests for future generations. This action continues the governor’s national leadership on environmental issues. | |