With Obama’s help, Harry Reid leaving an indelible mark in the Nevada desert

[Cha]

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When President Obama and Sen. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) flew to Las Vegas in November to tout the president’s plan to block the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, Reid took the opportunity to broach an unrelated subject, one that tied together his childhood love of Nevada’s desert with his political legacy.

Reid asked Obama if he would be willing to designate a huge swath of desert in central Nevada as a national monument, in part to protect a mammoth, unconventional art installation constructed over the past half a century by one man.

“Explain it to me,” Obama said, Reid recalled.

“I can’t,” Reid replied.

He was referring to Michael Heizer’s “City,” a series of sculptures reminiscent of a ceremonial Mesoamerican city stretching across an expanse of desert nearly the size of the Mall. But the request also included a much larger section of the Basin and Range, an arid landscape marked by caves, ancient bristlecone pines and walls where petroglyphs — rock engravings — testify to the presence of vanished ancient people.

I encourage you to read the rest of the story..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-obamas-help-harry-reid-leaving-an-indelible-mark-in-the-nevada-desert/2015/07/07/8131bd88-1e75-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html

This is posted in the BOG to President Obama, Harry Reid, and our beautiful Earth

[yallerdawg]

1. Too cool!

Harry Reid has been a decent progressive Democrat and these set-asides "for the people" are a prime example.

Good works!

[Cha]

2. Yes, he is, yallardawg! And, as we see at the link.. this will "infuriate cons.. "!

"Reid was asking for a measure that would infuriate conservatives in a state where rancher Cliven Bundy won acclaim for refusing to pay federal grazing fees, and another set of ranchers defied grazing restrictions that the Bureau of Land Management imposed because of a recent drought.

As soon as Friday, according to people briefed on the decision, about 704,000 acres in central Nevada will receive federal protection, in no small part because Harry Reid loves the desert, thinks it’s beautiful and pictures it in his mind when he’s trying to fall asleep at night. It also demonstrates the political power Reid has amassed over more than three decades in office and the important relationship he has with a president whose legacy he has helped to build."

yallerdawg!

[freshwest]

5. This is why we need to keep all kinds of Democrats in office! n/t

[Cha]

6. Yeah! I get so excited and thankful when our beautiful land is Protected!

Mahalo, freshwest!

[sheshe2]

3. Michael Heizer’s “City,”

Reid has been “masterful, by using all the various options within the legislative process, at protecting special places,” said League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski, whose group gave the senator a lifetime achievement award last month. Karpinski added that the senator also “put his foot down” by blocking three coal plants in Nevada in 2007 — one in the same part of the state that is being eyed for protection.

Thanks to Senator Reid and President Obama for protecting the Nevada Desert.

Awesome Cha, may the beauty stand.

Thank you.

[Cha]

4. What a wonderful pic of Michael Heizer’s “City", she.. Mahalo!

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Senator Reid has been amazing in getting his beloved Nevada Desert protected in Federal Wilderness..

"When Reid first took office in 1982, his home state had less than 67,000 acres of federally protected wilderness. It now has nearly 3.4 million acres, all of which he brokered, along with 600,000 acres of other protected areas."

to our Aina~

[sheshe2]

7. Thank you Senator Reid.

He is protecting Mother Earth.

[Cha]

8. As you know, she.. this is one of my faves of Sweet Mother Earth doin' her thing! The Eye~

I love the desert too.. I can see why Sen Reid loves it so much.. and putting all his effort in to protect it!

Mahalo, she~

[sheshe2]

9. HA!

Took me a while to find it. Love that pic.

My niece went hiking there. She is beyond cool. Tats and all~

Big Hug.

[Cha]

10. "Tats and all", eh? Cool.. I have a young friend downstairs at the Food Co-op who is all

tatted up.. just love her!

Thank you for posting it again, she.. beautiful blast from the past!

[lovemydog]

11. Thanks Cha.

Great story. Thanks to President Obama and Harry Reid for protecting our beautiful earth!

[Cha]

12. Mahalo to you, lovemydog! Love the way our Dems want to protect our beautiful Aina!

[brer cat]

13. I join you in that toast, Cha.

[Cha]

14. This is Huge, brer cat! Mahalo~