Rep. Lee Issues Statement on 55th Anniversary of Wilderness Act, Creation of Land, Water Conservation Fund
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the Wilderness Act and commemorate the creation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which was established one year later:
"Fifty-five years ago, Congress passed the Wilderness Act with overwhelming bipartisan majority and created the Land and Conservation Fund. This legislation recognized the crucial importance of p . . .
"Fifty-five years ago, Congress passed the Wilderness Act with overwhelming bipartisan majority and created the Land and Conservation Fund. This legislation recognized the crucial importance of p . . .