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July 13, 2004

Bush to Open Roadless National Forests to Logging

In a callous pre-election resource grab, the Bush administration is to open tens of millions of acres of roadless forests - America's last wilderness legacy - to logging. What a stupid, evil little man.

ENN News Story - Bush administration proposes plan to open more national forests to logging

The Bush administration Monday proposed lifting a national rule that closed remote areas of national forests to logging, instead saying states should decide whether to keep a ban on road-building in those areas. Environmentalists immediately criticized the change as the biggest timber industry giveaway in history.