Defense of heritage and monument Grave disservice

Regarding “Struggle over future of remote wildlands” (March 3): Thank you, Kurtis Alexander, for your article about the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. I am a volunteer with Tuleyome, a conservation organization based in Woodland.

Working with other conservation groups, businesses, user groups, elected officials and many more, we spearheaded the designation of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, designated in 2016.

During this multiyear effort, it was good to know that local folks in the CSNM region were working also to expand their national monument. Together, the BSMNM anchors the south and the CSNM anchors the north end of the Inner Coast Range.

This area molded by plate tectonics remains a largely undiscovered region of California. We have an opportunity now to tell this story and the stories of biological diversity, wildlife corridors and Native American cultural history — both its richness and tragedy. There is also hiking, camping, mountain biking, legal offhighway-vehicle use and horse riding.

Now, we must all defend these special places that represent our American heritage from attacks by the current administration. Once lost, these special places cannot be replaced and we all lose.

Bob Schneider, Woodland (Yolo County)