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優勝美地山谷的「鏡湖」 (Mirror
Lake)
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優勝美地 (Yosemite) 於1864年6月30日被設為保護區
如果某些土地沒有得到保護,那會發生什麼事情呢?人們可能會進行開發,並且在土地上興建房子,對嗎?很幸運的,亞伯拉罕‧林肯總統看出這一點,並且在1864年6月30日簽署了「優勝美地土地
贈與法案」 (Yosemite
Land Grant) ,使任何人不得開發這片淨土。
這個土地贈與法案,使加州取得近3萬9千英畝的優勝美地山谷,以及鄰近的瑪麗波沙紅杉巨林區 (Mariposa
Big Tree Grove) :「根據
法案上的條件,這片土地必須要保留下來,做為大眾使用、休憩與娛樂的場所。」你知道後來優勝美地發生了什麼事嗎?
What would happen if land were not preserved? People would probably develop it and build on it, right? Fortunately, President Abraham Lincoln saw to it that no one would develop Yosemite when he signed the Yosemite Land Grant on June 30, 1864.
This land grant, or piece of legislation, provided California with 39,000 acres of the Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove "upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation." Do you know what has happened to Yosemite since then?
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