优胜美地 (Yosemite) 于1864年6月30日被设为保护区

如果某些土地没有得到保护，那会发生什么事情呢？人们可能会进行开发，并且在土地上兴建房子，对吗？很幸运的，亚伯拉罕．林肯总统看出这一点，并且在1864年6月30日签署了「优胜美地土地 赠与法案」 (Yosemite Land Grant) ，使任何人不得开发这片净土。

这个土地赠与法案，使加州取得近3万9千英亩的优胜美地山谷，以及邻近的玛丽波沙红杉巨林区 (Mariposa Big Tree Grove) ：「根据 法案上的条件，这片土地必须要保留下来，做为大众使用、休憩与娱乐的场所。」你知道后来优胜美地发生了什么事吗？


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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