Congress shows support for another look at expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

By Drew Winkelmaier
The News Review
December 21, 2023
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

OREGON and CALIFORNIA — The American Forest Resource Council announced Monday that 29 members of Congress are showing support for another look at an Obama-era expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was created to protect forest and grasslands at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains, in southwest Oregon and northwest California. The American Forest Resource Council and the Association of O&C Counties are petitioning the Supreme Court of the United States to review the alleged “overreach” of the executive branch. The Congressional members include three senators and 26 representatives, including Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, who represents Douglas County constituents as part of district two. …This expansion encroaches on O&C land. By expanding into O&C lands, the objectives for those lands will deviate from timber harvest, the main objective of the Association of O&C Counties.

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