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Ron Wyden: “Despite Congress having the sole authority to designate wilderness . . . this Administration and the environmental…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2013
Despite Congress having the sole authority to designate wilderness . . . this Administration and the environmental community continue to manage our public lands as 'defacto' wilderness.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the current management of public lands as de facto wilderness.

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