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On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Metcalf, one of the areas recommended in this bill is only 390 acres in size, far below what the Wilderness Act requires.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis questions the adequacy of a proposed wilderness area size under the Wilderness Act.

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