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Sweeping public lands bill brings good news for environmentalists
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a sweeping public lands bill. It’s big for California.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Senate overwhelmingly passed a sweeping public lands bill. It’s big for California. It extends the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley National Park, and protects hundreds of thousands of acres of land between those two areas. It also designates the site of the St. Francis Dam disaster as a national monument.
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The full episode
1 of 5St. Francis Dam site in California to become a national monument- 0:00Sweeping public lands bill brings good news for environmentalistsYou’re reading this
- 6:25What’s the future of transportation in California?
- 15:10Koreans suing Japanese companies are dredging up an old and ugly dispute between the two countries
- 21:58Do international art fairs benefit LA -- or bring gentrification?
- 34:39Women fight for equality by surfing the world’s most dangerous waves