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 Stories About: logging AND outdoor recreation AND politics AND wilderness
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On the Roadless Again
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13 Dec 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| On the Roadless Again In a victory for environmentalists, a federal appeals court has reinstated a Clinton administration rule protecting nearly 60 million acres of national forests from logging, mining, and construction. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco lifted an injunction against the roadless rule yesterday, simultaneously affirming its legal basis and criticizing a lower court fo ... |
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| Topics: logging, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Precedent of the United States
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03 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Precedent of the United States A federal judge dismissed an effort by the timber industry and users of off-road vehicles (ORVs) to overturn former President Clinton's order to designate 328,000 acres of federal land in California's Sierra Nevada as Giant Sequoia National Monument. The plaintiffs challenged the 1906 Antiquities A ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, logging, mining and drilling, outdoor recreation, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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