From the LA Times:
Millions of acres of the country's largest national forest would be open for logging and other development under a Bush administration forest management plan released yesterday, a move critics said will hurt wildlife and destroy pristine lands.
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"Time and again, these guys have had to rewrite this plan, and they just keep coming back with the same answer," said Franz Matzner, forest and public lands advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Logging levels are way down, and there is just no demand for this timber. The Bush administration is just dedicated in its last months to go after the roadless rule one forest at a time."
Think about it. Housing prices have dropped through the floor. How could there be great demand for lumber for building new houses?
Bush is determined to destroy as as much of our reputation, as many of our institutions, and as much of our land as is possible before he leaves office. He is determined to give big business whatever they want, no matter the cost.
Mimi, I cannot imagine what motivates these people. I just can't. This administration is like an abusive husband who realizes that he can never truly possess his wife, so he just destroys her. (All of us are the wife.)
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PJ, abusive is the word! Will anything of worth be left behind when he leaves office? What further ravages are in the works?
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