Obama Announces Cascade-Siskiyou Monument Expansion

[Rand Man]

http://www.opb.org/news/article/cascade-siskiyou-monument-expansion-obama/

by OPB Staff OPB | Jan. 12, 2017 2:46 p.m. | Updated: Jan. 12, 2017 6:01 p.m.

"President Obama on Thursday announced an anticipated expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon.

The monument is currently about 65,000 acres in Jackson County, east of Ashland. The expansion adds 48,000 acres to the monument."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-names-five-new-national-monuments-including-southern-civil-rights-sites/2017/01/12/7f5ce78c-d907-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html

By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis January 12 at 6:00 PM

"The president also enlarged .... the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, another Clinton monument, by roughly 42,000 acres in Oregon and 5,000 in California."

[arundodonax]

Still one week to designate Owyhee Canyonlands. Let's do this thing.

[Charley]

Still one week to designate Owyhee Canyonlands. Let's do this thing.

That's the biggie.