U.S. Quietly Removes 17 Sites From UN Biosphere Reserve Network

The U.S. removed the following sites from the biosphere reserve program:

 

• Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge – US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Beaver Creek Experimental Watershed – US Forest Service
• California Coast Ranges – University of California Natural Reserve System
• Carolinian South-Atlantic – Non-Game and Heritage Trust (South Carolina)
• Central Plains Experimental Range – USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Coram Experimental Forest – US Forest Service
• Desert Experimental Range – US Forest Service
• Fraser Experimental Forest – US Forest Service
• H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest – US Forest Service / Oregon State University
• Hubbard Brook – US Forest Service
• Konza Prairie Research Natural Area – Kansas State University
• Land Between the Lakes – US Forest Service
• Niwot Ridge Mountain Research Station – University of Colorado
• Noatak National Preserve – National Park Service
• Stanislas-Tuolumne Experimental Forest – US Forest Service
• Three Sisters Wilderness – US Forest Service
• Virgin Islands – National Park Service

Source: U.S. Quietly Removes 17 Sites From UN Biosphere Reserve Network

Some in other countries were added. Read more about that here: http://en.unesco.org/news/23-new-sites-added-unesco-s-world-network-biosphere-reserves

Why would the USA do this? Probably because of meme about American land grabs. God forbid we have lands and parks set aside for everyone to enjoy.