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A Breyer Power
Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument |
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23 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Breyer Power Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument A federal judge put the smackdown yesterday on a U.S. Forest Service plan to allow increased logging in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument, home to about two-thirds of the world's largest trees. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the USFS forest management plan lacked " ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Maybe I'll Be There to Take Your Land
As private forests in U.S. go for sale, enviros are pit against developers |
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21 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Maybe I'll Be There to Take Your Land As private forests in U.S. go for sale, enviros are pit against developers Privately owned forests make up nearly 20 percent of U.S. land, and they're changing hands at a blistering pace. A U.S. Forest Service study predicts that 44 million acres of private forestland will be sold over the next 25 years -- an area twice the size of the state of Maine -- and conservationists are scra ... |
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| Topics: news, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Public Land Enemy No. 1
White House wants to auction off 300,000 acres of public land |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Public Land Enemy No. 1 White House wants to auction off 300,000 acres of public land The Bush administration has proposed a sell-off of over $1 billon worth of public land over the next five to 10 years. Proceeds from the auctions of more than 300,000 acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management holdings would largely go to rural schools and roads, funding for which has been cut by, ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, news, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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