New Bills Threaten National Parks, Wilderness, Wildlife Refuges

A fact sheet from
April 2015
New Bills Threaten National Parks,
Wilderness, Wildlife Refuges Within
100 Miles of Borders With Canada,
Mexico
Public Lands Threatened by H.R. 399 and S. 208
Glacier
National Park
North Cascades
National Park
Olympic
National
Park Seattle
Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Wilderness
Upper Missouri River
Breaks National Monument
Voyageurs
National Park
Huron National
Forest
Erie
National
Wildlife
Refuge
Fargo
Theodore
Roosevelt
National Park
White Mountain
National Forest
Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore
Alpine Lakes
Wilderness
Missoula
Kootenai
National Forest
Green Mountain
National Forest
Boston
Minneapolis
J. Clark Salyer National
Wildlife Refuge
Allegheny
National
Forest
Detroit
Chicago
Columbus
Acadia
National
Park
New York
Pittsburgh
Cuyahoga Valley
National Park
Joshua Tree
National Park
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument
Sonoran
Desert
National
Monument
Phoenix
Las Cruces
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks
National Monument
Tucson
Saguaro
National Park
Ironwood
National
Monument
Carlsbad Caverns
National Park
Lower Rio Grande Valley
National Wildlife Refuge
Big Bend
National Park Laredo
Santa Ana
National Wildlife
Refuge
Laguna Atascosa
National Wildlife Refuge
Everglades
National Park
0 mi
200
400
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H.R. 399 and S. 208 would give unprecedented power to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to disregard
bedrock conservation and environmental laws on lands managed by the Department of the Interior and
Department of Agriculture within 100 miles of the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico. These are the laws that
protect our unique natural heritage, help to keep our water and air safe and clean, and have provided recreational
opportunities for generations of hunters and anglers, hikers, birders, and other outdoor enthusiasts.
The bills would allow for the construction of roads, barriers, and communications and surveillance structures, and
the deployment of infrastructure such as forward operating bases to support tactical operations in our nation’s
national parks, national monuments, national wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas.
This authority, granting total and unfettered control of public lands within the 100-mile zone, is unnecessary to
secure U.S. borders, and neither the Department of Homeland Security nor U.S. Customs and Border Protection
has requested it.
Public Lands in Alaska Threatened by H.R. 399 and S. 208
Barrow
Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
YUKON
YUKON
CANADA
CANADA
Yukon Flats National
Wildlife Refuge
Yukon-Charley Rivers
National Preserve
Fairbanks
Nome
Tetlin National
Wildlife Refuge
Denali National Park
Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park & Preserve
Anchorage
Glacier Bay National Park
Prince
William
Sound
Juneau
Tongass
National
Forest
Misty Fiords
National
Monument
0 mi
200
400
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