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Issues
The Senate considered Representative Celeste Maloy’s (R-UT) H.J.Res. 60, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which nullifies the National Park Service’s (NPS) rule that protected the ecology and visitor experience in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) by managing vehicle use. The CRA is an extreme and blunt tool that is being used by anti-environmental members of Congress who want to permanently strip away protections for our environment, communities, wildlife, and natural heritage. NPS carefully crafted the Glen Canyon rule to balance vehicle use with protecting the treasured desert landscape and natural and cultural resources that span from sandstone cliffs outside Canyonlands National Park to the shores of Lake Powell. The rule limited off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles on 25 miles of the NRA’s most delicate terrain. Managing vehicle impact—from direct landscape impact to sounds and wildlife disruption—improves the shared experience of all users, protects the cherished canyons and mesas of this NRA, and reflects the mission of the NPS to responsibly steward shared natural landscapes for all users. On May 8, the Senate approved H.J.Res. 60 by a vote of 50-43 (Senate roll call vote 239). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The president signed it into law on May 23.
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