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First, the Trump administration went after Mendocino County’s local land managers when the Department of Government Efficiency announced plans to close the Bureau of Land Management field office in Ukiah. This office manages 270,000 acres across our region, assists with wildfire communication and works with local ranchers, recreationists and traditional land stewards. Then they came for our national environmental protection policies like the National Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air Act and the Roadless Rule.
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