{"article":{"id":24349,"heading":"Bush Protects California Wildlands","author":"duff via e-mail","created":"2002-12-21 19:52:35","modified":"2002-12-21 19:52:35","last_modified":"Sun, 22 Dec 2002 02:52:35","article":"<p>If you haven't already heard the great news - President Bush signed into law the Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of 2002 late yesterday, permanently protecting nearly 57,000 acres of wild lands in Monterey and San Benito counties! <br><br> The measure, sponsored by Rep. Farr and strongly backed by Senators Boxer and Feinstein, permanently protects 37,110 additional acres in the Ventana <br>  <br> Wilderness; 17,055 more acres in the Silver Peak Wilderness; and adds 2,715 new acres of wilderness to the Pinnacles National Monument. <br><br> This is a great first step to protecting more wild lands and rivers around the state.  <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of 2002 ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/12\/24349.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}