Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging

[The Straight Story]

Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging

JUNEAU, Alaska, January 25, 2008 (ENS) - Today, the Bush administration put a "for sale" sign on trees in pristine roadless areas of the Tongass rainforest in Alaska - America's largest national forest.

This move by Bush officials to reverse roadless area protections parallels two others made recently in national forests located in Idaho and Colorado.

Conservationists from across the country are indignant that roads will be punched through some of the nation's last, best roadless areas to allow private corporations to log America's public lands.

"The few remaining roadless areas of our national forests are some of the only safe harbors for America's wildlife," said Mary Beth Beetham at Defenders of Wildlife. "As global warming threatens to dramatically change the landscape we must have the foresight to preserve these last remaining pristine forests for future generations. It's folly for the Bush administration, in its last few months, to work to destroy these areas."

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-25-095.asp

[Bobbieo]

1. He is just unstoppable - damn him!!! He caters to the

rich and powerful!

[Botany]

2. I really loath that man

The Tongass also acts as a home for wild run salmon and as a "sink" for carbon to slow global
warming.

[pinto]

3. I hope Defenders of Wildlife take this one to court. n/t

[alarimer]

4. I cannot possible describe how much I hate this man.

If I said what I wanted to happen to him, I would probably be arrested but it does involve a bald eagle.

[Hekate]

10. Perhaps the fate of Prometheus, but without the honor. nt

[Tesha]

12. I'm not sure Bush still has a liver. (NT)

[Hekate]

13. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

Hekate

[madrchsod]

5. from national geographic

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature4/
Tongass National Forest - National Geographic Magazine

[tabasco]

6. May we never have another piece of shit like Bush for President EVER AGAIN!

We cannot allow this to happen AGAIN!

[TahitiNut]

8. We're guaranteed to have even worse ....

... because we've failed to prosecute this one, and his band of criminals ans sociopaths.

Nixon got a slap on the wrist, and we got worse. Reagan/Bush were allowed to skate from day one, so we've got Bush/Cheney. The next time will be even worse.

[Broken_Hero]

7. Damn

so much for my hometown...hopefully they come to an agreement that both sides can deal with.

[Hekate]

9. Atilla the Hun: So much to pillage and rape, so little time.

He and his pals will find something to destroy in our nation even as the moving vans take his furniture away from the White House.

Hekate

[roguevalley]

11. he's such a fuck. you should see that forest. its awesome. there

are so few places for the animals to live anymore. Fuck bush. All he knows is how to kill things.