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Rick Boucher: “The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act offers needed protection to 53,000 acres of national forest land in the congressional…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2007
The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act offers needed protection to 53,000 acres of national forest land in the congressional district that I have the privilege of representing. It extends protection to approximately 550 acres of the Jefferson National Forest situated in our neighboring State of West Virginia, in the congressional district represented by Chairman Rahall. Of the total acreage protected, 43,000 acres will receive the wilderness designation, and 10,000 acres will become new national scenic areas.
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Rick Boucher
Virginia

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Discussing the Virginia Ridge and Valley Act and its impact on national forest land.

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