Say Goodbye To Wilderness

Late on a Friday evening, the Bush administration quietly announced a fundamental reversal of four decades of federal wilderness policy.

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May 5, 2003, 10:00 AM PDT

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

"From the beginning, President Bush has been far more interested in exploiting the public lands for commercial purposes than in protecting their environmental values...Like most of the bad environmental news emanating from this administration, it emerged from the shadows late on a Friday evening...a fundamental reinterpretation of environmental law, and a reversal of four decades of federal wilderness policy."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: The End of Wilderness

Sunday, May 4, 2003 in The New York Times

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