Washington, Sept. 11 -- Congresswoman Chellie Pingree issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is pushing back against the Department of the Interior's (DOI) proposed land exchange in Yosemite National Park. The project is listed as DOI's sixth most important priority-even though Interior has acknowledged that it has not identified the parcel it intends to exchange.
In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Pingree warns that the Department is seeking approval without identifying the property involved or demonstrating any public benefit.
"Given the complete absence of any demonstrated conservatio...