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OAKHURST, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE)—Residents held a rally successful Oakhurst connected Saturday opposing the Range of Light Monument Act.
The Range of Light National Monument Act was introduced 2 years ago.
“Our interest is that everyone gets to usage the forest, not conscionable a prime radical of elitists," Ed Mann, a unpaid with Stewards Sierra National Forest said.
It would make a nationalist monument connected 1.4 cardinal acres betwixt Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Julie Phillips is acrophobic with what this could bash to her home.
"If they bash person the remainder of this into a park, past what's going to hap to each our residential areas? I mean, are we going to person a concession basal up the roadworthy from us, oregon are we going to person our peaceful, quiescent country that we enjoy,” Phillips said.
Last period 52 California lawmakers came unneurotic to impulse President Biden to enact the measure earlier leaving office.
The measure would spot the full Sierra National Forest nether the supervision of the National Park Service.
Which Ed Mann said would person antagonistic economical impacts connected the community.
"It'll really get to the point, being a monument, due to the fact that of the information that you can't combat fires successful the monument, security companies are conscionable going to permission this country totally, which is going to person a devastating effect connected the worth of homes," Mann said.
Deanna Wulff, Executive Director of Unite the Parks said it would make much jobs and alteration the hazard of fires.
"They don't privation immoderate much fires to happen, and we request to enactment them retired successful the field. I mean, prosecute them to really show the landscape, particularly during precocious occurrence season," Wulff said.
She said this effort would beryllium indispensable for the onshore to beryllium restored.
"That modulation tin consciousness uncomfortable and hard conscionable due to the fact that it's similar we're going to bash thing different, but it's what we request to do,” Wulff said.
Mike Arechiga added spot successful the Sierra National Forest has been determination for decades and would interaction families that unrecorded there.
"People who person been up determination who's homesteaded successful the past 150 years and that and their properties and homes up there, you know, person been successful the families for generations. What's going to hap to them if this connection comes through,” Arechiga said.
While Wulff believes this could payment the assemblage residents fearfulness the semipermanent effects of what this could bash to their homes.
