A U.S. Senate hearing will consider on Thursday the preservation of 245,000 acres of land along the Central Coast.
An effort to expand both the Los Padres National Forest and the Carrizo Plain National Monument is moving through Congress on two different fronts.
The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act was introduced two years ago in the House by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) and also last year by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in the Senate. The two bills are identical.
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