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Congress to wilderness planners: Not so fast ...

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Remember that omnibus public lands bill that would protect places such as Magic Mountain (no, not Six Flags, the former missile site in the San Gabriels) and help restore the San Joaquin River, among other things? The bill, S. 22, had passed the Senate and was back in the House of Representatives, which today put the skids on it.

There’s plenty of support for it (282 to 144), just not the two-thirds majority required to push it forward the way it was introduced — with limited debate and no amendments allowed. No word yet on when and how it will be reintroduced.

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— Geoffrey Mohan

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