Posted on 01/01/2002 2:36:39 PM PST by brityank
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http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/1377153p-1446576c.htmlU.S. Agriculture Chief to announce
decision on Sierra forest planPublished 5:40 p.m. PST Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official is expected to announce Thursday the Bush administration's position on a sweeping long-range management plan for 11.5 million acres in the Sierra Nevada, forest service officials said.
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, scheduled a 1 p.m. briefing Thursday in Sacramento to outline his position on a plan proposed during the Clinton administration, which Bush has approved it so far.
The management plan, supported by environmentalists and opposed by forestry groups, took nine years and cost $12 million to prepare. Formally called the Sierra Nevada Framework, it covers the long-range future of 11 national forests stretching across 460 miles of California and western Nevada.
Last month,Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth rejected 234 appeals of the plan, which aims to protect water, wildlife and old growth forests, while allowing for recreation and other public uses. Most of the appeals came from the timber, ranching and off-road vehicle interests, who believe the plan is too restrictive. Bosworth's decision upheld an earlier thumbs-up on the management plan by Pacific Southwest regional forester Bradley Powell.
Rey has the last word in the long government effort.
"He has a wide range of options," said Vallejo-based forest service spokesman Matt Mathes. "They include affirming or upholding the chief's decision on the appeals. Or reversing the chief's decision." Mathes said Rey could also announce that he plans to give the plan and Bosworth's November decision upholding it a longer review.
Rey's final position will free advocates and opponents of the framework to take their case to court, officials said.
© Sacramento Bee
Happy New Year, everyone.
I regret to inform you that great drooling morons continue to wield the levers of governance in this new and still shiny year. ;^)
May I please do some substituting here...italics are, of course, correct and mine.
Of course the Stupid EnviroMENTAList Whackos don't like the plan. They are part of the Socialist Workers Party. If they get all they want they'll be banning all cars and any hope for progress. I've worked in the EnviroMENTALis Movement. What do I care if a bunch of drunken unemployable, flea-ridden, maggot-infested, dope-smoking upper-class LOSERS complain. They should get an education or a JOB and not rely on public money for a living. I'm sure the whole plan is very long, a short article is not going to give the whole picture.
HAPPY NEW YEARS
If you have lived in the Rural West and seen the incredibly poor management of the forests by the Federal government which have resulted in wildfires which destroy the very environment that the environmentalists say they wish to protect, you would not take the stance you are taking.
I once belonged to the Sierra club when I was a teenager. When I studied up and researched (using my own brain and my own b.s. meter instead of believing regurgitated propaganda), looking at both sides of the issue, I rejected much of what the environmental movement purports.
Do your homework. Investigate. Read the other side. It's here on Free Republic. Go to Sierratimes.com and read. You have been hoodwinked and it's not your fault, unless, having been warned, you continue to wallow in ignorance.
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