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Representative Sam Farr wins National Sierra Club award


Sam Farr  
Representative Sam Farr wins National Sierra Club award.
 
U. S. Representative Sam Farr has been selected to receive the prestigious Ed Wayburn Award given for outstanding service to the environment by a person in government. Representative Farr has had an outstanding environmental record in the U. S. Congress culminating in the passage of his Big Sur Wilderness Bill and Conservation Act of 2002. This bill added wilderness protection to 17,000 acres in the Silver Peak Wilderness and 37,000 acres in the Ventana Wilderness both in the Los Padres National Forest as well as some acreage near Pinnacles National Monument.

Locally, in addition to the Wilderness Bill, Farr responded to protests from environmentalists and stopped the Navy bombing exercises planned for Fort Hunter Liggett. He has also been an unswerving proponent of affordable housing on Fort Ord, a previous army base now under conversion. Affordable housing lessens sprawl especially in areas like Monterey County which is fighting to save its rich agricultural lands from development.

Nationally, Farr has furthered the environmental cause by increasing appropriations for the national marine sanctuary system as well as designating a portion of those increases for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Farr also introduced legislation to prevent over-fishing of limited or dwindling fish stocks.

While on the Agricultural Committee, Representative Farr was responsible for originally proposing legislation (93rd Congress) on conserving agricultural land from urban sprawl. He has continued his commitment to this issue by protecting or increasing appropriations for the program. Farr has also secured funding for the first federal organic research position in the nation.

When the Chapter submitted its nomination to the Awards Committee, we received several testimonials from Sierra Club members regarding Sam Farr’s environmental achievements:

Vicky Hoover, Chair of the California/Nevada Wilderness Committee:
“The Big Sur Wilderness bill would never have passed in this administration without Sam Farr seizing an unexpected opportune moment and giving it his all.”

Ventana Wilderness Alliance board member Gordon Johnson:

“We are all indebted to Congressman Sam Farr for having the vision to preserve these lands for future generations and also for having the political skill to bring together the necessary bipartisan support in Congress to turn that vision into law.”

On September 20th, 2003, Sierra Club will be honoring Sam Farr at its annual awards. Click onto link below to download the reservation form.

> Download the reservation form


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