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 Obama on Tuesday will add the federally owned Point
Arena-Stornetta Public Lands to the California Coastal National
Monument, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, said a White House
official who declined to be named.
The president's designation will add such features as coastal bluffs
and shelves, tide pools, dunes and the mouth and estuary of the
Garcia River to the monument, said the official.
President Bill Clinton established the California Coastal National
Monument in 2000 to protect coastal resources. They include geologic
formations that provide habitat for breeding seabirds, marine
mammals and other species.
Since taking office in 2009, Obama has designated more than 2
million acres of federal wilderness and thousands of miles of
trails. He also has established nine national monuments.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Ian Simpson;
editing by Lisa
Shumaker)
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