Washington, Sept. 15 -- Congressman Jim Costa issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02), and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) are leading a bipartisan group of 157 lawmakers in urging Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to abandon a proposed transfer of federally managed public land within Yosemite National Park that would facilitate private access to an 83-acre ranch.
Recent reporting indicates that the Department of the Interior and National Park Service have been considering a proposal to exchange or convey an interest in an approximately quarter-mile strip of federally managed public land within Yosemite to f...