FORE WILDERNESS!

摘要

Who says wilderness doesn't go with plaid golf pants? Some of the steep canyons, silent deserts, twisted rock formations, and lush fan-palm oases that surround the snowbird getaway of Palm Springs, California, will receive federal wilderness protection if Congress approves a bill cosponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Representative Mary Bono (R-Calif.).The California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act would bestow the nation's highest level of protection on 191,000 acres of land about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, adding 40,000 acres to Joshua Tree National Park and establishing four new wilderness areas and four new wild and scenic rivers.