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Nixon proposes 12 additions to National Wilderness system
President Nixon urged Congress to add over one million acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System under the 1964 act. The proposed sites include Joshua Tree California Desert Big Bend Saguaro Point Reyes Imperial Verde Mingo Bandelier Valentine Crescent Lake White River and Oregon Islands refuges and monuments across 12 locations in the states of California Arizona Colorado New Mexico Nebraska Missouri Arkansas Oregon and their surrounding landscapes.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Congress
Joshua Tree National Monument
Great California Desert
Big Bend National Park
Desert
Chisos Mountains
White House
Saguaro National Monument
Arizona
Sonora
Point Reyes National Seashore
California
San Francisco
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado River
Mea Verde National Park
Colorado
Mingo National Wildlife Refuse
Missouri
Ment
New Mexico
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
Crescent Lake
White River National Wildlife Refuge
Arkansas