The End Of American Wilderness?

With a single order, the Bush administration puts an end to the American construct of "wilderness."

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May 5, 2003, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"With a single order, the Bush administration removed more than 200 million acres from further wilderness study... By declaring an end to wild land surveys, the administration ruled out protection of these areas as formal wilderness...The move follows a consistent pattern in the president's environmental policy: to change the way the land is managed, without changing the law. Whether the issue is allowing snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park or logging in the Pacific Northwest, the course has been to settle lawsuits by opponents of wild land protection, opening up the areas to wide use, without going to Congress to rewrite the rules."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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