What is the Public Land Management Act and why is it important?
Passed in March, the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act designates more than 2 million acres of wilderness and protects numerous new national heritage sites and rivers. This means that many of our pristine open spaces and national treasures, such as the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin National Parks, are protected. The measures in the omnibus lands act benefit rural economies by providing new opportunities for tourism and recreation as well as desirable places for people to live and work.
