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Obama creates 3 new national monuments to protect 1.8 million acres of California desert
The L.A. Times ^ | 01/11/2016 | Louis Sahagun

Posted on 02/11/2016 10:50:14 PM PST by Drago

President Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert Thursday, expanding federal protection to 1.8 million acres of landscapes that have retained their natural beauty despite decades of heavy mining, cattle ranching and off-roading.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: blm; california; federallandgrab; monument
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Land grabs continue.
1 posted on 02/11/2016 10:50:14 PM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

All your state are belong to us.


2 posted on 02/11/2016 10:53:25 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Drago

Nothing more beautiful than a bunch of sand and few scorched shrubs, heaven forbid this land should be used to serve humanity.


3 posted on 02/11/2016 10:57:09 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Drago
landscapes that have retained their natural beauty despite decades of heavy mining, cattle ranching and off-roading.

So we'll now make then off-limits to heavy mining, cattle ranching and off-roading in order to retain their natural beauty

4 posted on 02/11/2016 11:00:50 PM PST by digger48
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To: Drago
Funny kind of land grab.

From the article:"Much of the land was purchased more than a decade ago by private citizens and the Wildlands Conservancy, then donated to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in anticipation of its eventually receiving the protection of national monument status."

5 posted on 02/11/2016 11:01:26 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: Impy
Nothing more beautiful than a bunch of sand and few scorched shrubs, heaven forbid this land should be used to serve humanity.

Don't you worry, the liberals will find a way to to hand this property over to be used by their cronies for solar scams funded by taxpayers, which will result in the deaths of thousand of birds and other protected wildlife.

6 posted on 02/11/2016 11:07:26 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Moves from BLM to “Monument/wilderness”...severely limiting what the public can do on the land. 3 general levels: “BLM”/Monuments-Preserve/National Parks” with increasing restrictions in each level. Perhaps the term should be “land use/control grab”.


7 posted on 02/11/2016 11:13:18 PM PST by Drago
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"landscapes that have retained their natural beauty despite decades of heavy mining"

Mining for what besides gold?
8 posted on 02/11/2016 11:29:15 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon

Silver, vanadium, tungsten, zinc, lead, copper, borax, aggregates...

Need more?


9 posted on 02/11/2016 11:31:47 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Drago

let’s turn Washington into a national monument after the next civil war. every last inch


10 posted on 02/11/2016 11:33:34 PM PST by ghosthost
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Except that this was private land donated for a park.


11 posted on 02/11/2016 11:42:03 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: clearcarbon

Some volcanic cinder mines (red “lava rock”)...gave rise to the famous “Mojave Phone Booth” near the Aiken Cinder Mine. The fun of calling a phone booth in the middle of nowhere dozens of miles from a paved road ended after the last large land grab by Clinton in the 90’s (Mojave Preserve). See:
http://deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm

http://cinderpeak.com/index.htm

http://www.mindat.org/nearestlocs.php?lat=35.22888946533203&long=-115.72389221191406


12 posted on 02/11/2016 11:50:22 PM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

tread...tread...tread.


13 posted on 02/11/2016 11:52:05 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Small fraction of the total acreage were donations to the BLM...and should have stayed under BLM jurisdiction. Personally worried about the Afton Canyon area...some nice areas for off-road vehicle trips: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/afton.html


14 posted on 02/11/2016 11:54:11 PM PST by Drago
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More land that will no longer be taxable by the county or the state.

No more taxes going to provide money to the local schools or to provide money for the up keep of infrastructure.


15 posted on 02/11/2016 11:55:14 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Take THAT, Oregon occupier people!

What a CHILD Oblama is.

16 posted on 02/11/2016 11:56:55 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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Yep, rest of his lame-duck term is going to be “in your face”.


17 posted on 02/12/2016 12:05:34 AM PST by Drago
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Funny kind of land grab.

From the article:"Much of the land was purchased more than a decade ago by private citizens and the Wildlands Conservancy, then donated to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in anticipation of its eventually receiving the protection of national monument status."

Not funny at all. I would not be surprised to discover that the government actually coordinates with the group during land purchases or even that in some cases government intiates the process on certain lands it wants purchased and subsequently donated it. It is a classic example of how the anti-American Left operates -taxpayers are eventually actually funding the leeches 'expenses' who as well siphon off funds to donate to Leftist Politicians and Causes. Leftism creates nothing -it is an expense imposed upon society by force of government.

Discover the Networks: Wildlands Conservancy (WC)

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Land conservation group that opposes development and construction projects.

Buys property that it later "donates" to the federal government, which in turn agrees that it will allow little or no development on the land; the government then reimburses the group for its efforts.


18 posted on 02/12/2016 12:07:56 AM PST by DBeers (�)
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To: clearcarbon

Unless something has been found that’s new the operating mine is gold


19 posted on 02/12/2016 12:32:43 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Much of the land

How much is much? Regardless, it's still not 'all' which means the federales grabbed the rest.

20 posted on 02/12/2016 12:33:43 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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