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RESOURCESExclusive Video Interview with Wilderness Champion Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Dist.7)
As part of the week, our friends at The Wilderness Society sat down with Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva (D-Dist. 7), who has been a long standing champion of wilderness and public lands. Rep. Grijalva plans to re-introduce his legislation this year to protect more than 80,000 acres of prime roadless lands on the Coronado National Forest as the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness. Rep. Grijalva is also Chair of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee. During the interview, he outlined the priorities for his subcommittee in the coming Congress and spoke about a historic piece of wilderness legislation. Check out the video highlights: What is the conservation agenda for the 111th Congress? On protecting wilderness in his own backyard and the Tumacacori Highlands... Photo courtesy Office of Congressman Raúl Grijalva.
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Our efforts to protect America’s remaining wild places got a boost at the end of February, as wilderness campaign leaders from around the country--including the Arizona Wilderness Coalition--assembled in Washington to lobby for landscape protection and develop strategies for future efforts.