In 2003, Senator Titus was responsible for a controversial bill that ensured the conservation of Red Rock Canyon, a national conservation area just on the outskirts of the city.

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Big Flat sits in the middle of the Bureau of Land Management's 64, 000-acre King Range National Conservation Area, a patch of northern California so rugged that the engineers who built Highway 1, which hugs the coast from San Diego to Oregon, took the road 30 miles inland here to avoid it.

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Set in a conservation area near Killarney National Park and the Ring of Kerry, guests can fish in the Caragh River, golf, canoe, hike around the lakes and hills or just relax on the lawn in the sun.

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The site is designated as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), NNR (National Nature Reserve) and SAC (Special Area of Conservation).

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And the country has nearly 24% of its land area as protected areas, including national parks, conservation areas and wildlife reserves.

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REI, for instance, actively supported the Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which in 2001 locked up a third of all national forests, dealing another blow to logging and mining.

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