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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 31 > Obama signs wilderness bill

Obama signs wilderness bill

New law will protect areas in 9 states, including Oregon

By Matthew Daly / The Bulletin
March 31, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed legislation Monday setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. Obama called the new law among the most important in decades “to protect, preserve and pass down our nation’s most treasured....

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