U.S. Forest Service re-revises forest-management rules
In March, a federal judge put the kibosh on the U.S. Forest Service's revision of forest-management rules that had directed local managers to give economic concerns as high a priority as ecological health and removed requirements that managers ensure viable populations of native wildlife. Having not succeeded, the agency try, tried again, offering up a revised revision late last week. Enviros see the new pro-business rules as essentially the old pro-business rules with an allowance for more public review; if the plan remains unchanged, chances are decent that greens will sue again.
source: The Daily Astorian, Associated Press, Matthew Daly, 16 Aug 2007
source: Billings Gazette, Noelle Straub, 17 Aug 2007
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