One more group says “We care about these intact desert wildlands, but not those over there.” Embedded here is The Wildlands Conservancy’s testimony, delivered this morning, on the California Desert Protection Act of 2010. The Wildland Conservancy’s goal has been to protect a certain subset of desert lands — the so-called Catellus lands — from development and destruction, and they have done a good job of that. Do they need to offer up other lands that are just as intact, just as important habitat, in order to achieve that goal?

The Wildlands Conservancy testimony on the California Desert Protection Act of 2010

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   Janine Blaeloch 2010 05 20 at 4:18:10 pm

   This is despicable, and part of a long and deep trend among Big Greens. In several previous manifestations of this moral-free approach to the environment, they have offered up “less pristine,” less iconic public lands for sale or outright giveaway in exchange for their ultra special places.

   And really, only someone who had the most utilitarian view of our amazing public lands could makes reference to “repurposing” some of them.