President Obama Protects 1.8 Million Acres, Home to Millions of Birds

Prairie Falcon. Photo: Peter Knoot/Audubon Photography Awards
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. Millions of California birds will be among the beneficiaries of three new national monuments created by executive order today. At the request of US Senator Dianne Feinstein, President Barack Obama carved out three areas totaling approximately 1.8 million acres for monument status, linking the San Bernardino National Forest to Joshua Tree National Park, and…






