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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 20 > Wyden’s public lands bills pass U.S. Senate

Wyden’s public lands bills pass U.S. Senate


March 20, 2009

The U.S. Senate approved designating 30,000 acres of the Badlands east of Bend as federally protected wilderness on Thursday. The Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008 was one of seven bills authored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that were approved as part of an omnibus public lands bill that will....

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