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Sonoran Desert land bill to be filed today

Source info:

Author: Lee Allison
Date: 2013-04-26 17:21:00
Blog: Arizona Geology
URL: http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2013/04/sonoran-desert-land-bill-to-be-filed.html

Summary:

Our sources say that legislation is expected to introduced in the U.S. House today to set aside about 700,000 acres west of Phoenix in Wilderness, Conservation Area, and Special Management Area designations.   The Sonoran Desert Heritage Conservation proposal is touted as helping preserve military reservations in the region by reducing development pressures around them. AZGS did a

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
PhoenixUS33.4483-112.076

Keywords:

acres west, AZGS, Conservation Area, Conservation proposal, development pressures, legislation, military reservations, Phoenix, Sonoran Desert, Sonoran Desert Heritage, Sonoran Desert land, sources, Special Management Area, U.S. House, Wilderness

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