Celeste Maloy: “Congress actually told the agencies to do [the Northern…”

“It's also a big conservation win. The project expands the protected land that's part of the tortoise preserve and safeguard. Important safeguards, important recreation areas. More importantly, this is something that Congress actually told the agencies to do [the Northern Corridor project] back in 2009. In the 2009 lands bill. It was, it went through both chambers, it was signed by President Obama, and the agencies have taken a long time to follow the law and restore the plan that Congress originally approved.” (00:58–01:03)

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