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Alan Lowenthal: “I've heard from my friend and colleague Rep. Stewart and the local community that the draft plan, if implemented, would…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2016
I've heard from my friend and colleague Rep. Stewart and the local community that the draft plan, if implemented, would greatly reduce livestock grazing, dampen recreational opportunities, preclude the export of water to local municipalities, and even result in the potential introduction of the ESA-listed California Condor in the area, which also has grave land-use complications beyond what this community has already faced.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal discusses the negative impacts of a draft plan on local communities.

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