New wilderness areas, NP expansions, 3 NMons among provisions in public lands bill passed by Senate

Joshua Tree and Death Valley national parks are to be enlarged, and stunning river landscapes in California and Utah will be protected, under new legislation that passed the US Senate on Tuesday.

In all the public lands package sets aside more than a million acres of new wilderness and conservation areas in western states.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/13/senate-bill-public-lands-national-parks-expanded