SAN FRANCISCO — Oregon, California and New Mexico sued the Bush administration yesterday over the government's decision to allow road building, logging and other commercial ventures on more than 90,000 square miles of the nation's remaining pristine forests
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In January 2001, eight days before he left office, Clinton put nearly one-third of the nation's 192 million acres of national forest land off-limits to road construction, winning praise from conservation groups and criticism from the timber industry.
But in May, the Bush administration replaced the regulation with a new policy requiring states to work with the Forest Service to decide how to manage individual forests. Governors were given 18 months either to petition the agency to keep their states' forests protected or to open the undeveloped areas to roads and development.
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Environmentalists praised the suit, saying remote roadless forests contain some of the country's best drinking water, wildlife habitat and recreational areas. But Chris West, vice president of the American Forest Resource Council, said the lawsuit was politically motivated, pointing out that the three attorneys general were Democrats.
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Love the last line: "politically motivated, pointing out that the three attorneys general were Democrats". Um, yeah, the environment party, Chris! We protect, you destroy, idiot!