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2003.02.11

***U.S. to acquire California desert lands for preservation.
“The title on the 62,000 desert acres, an area more than twice the size of San Francisco, will be transferred from the Catellus Development Corp. to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The transfer caps an intense five-year campaign by private donors that was spearheaded by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the Wildlands Conservancy, a private nonprofit group dedicated to acquiring land for conservation.” [SFGate]

***State wildlife board approves SF Bay salt pond acquisition
– Most of the land will become part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The rest will be part of a state-run preserve. The new marshes should provide much-needed habitat for species listed as endangered or threatened, including the California clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse. [SFGate]
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