Save our state's roadless areas
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Andrew Engelson
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Mar 07, 2006 04:00 PM
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Last week, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell introduced
legislation that would make the 2001 Roadless Rule federal law,
protecting 58.5 million acres of national forest from
development. The bill was filed just a month after Governor Christine
Gregoire announced the state would join
a lawsuit alongside Oregon, California and New Mexico pressuring
the Bush administration to protect 2
million acres of roadless areas in Washington.
The Bush administration has reversed the Clinton administration rule, which restricted logging, development and road building on about a third of all national forest lands. U.S. Representative Jay Inslee of the 1st Congressional District introduced similar legislation in the House last summer.
Hikers are familiar
with many places the legislation would protect, including Juniper
Ridge in the Dark Divide (pictured at left), Lena
Lake in the Olympics, and Hoodoo
Canyon in the Kettle Range.
Stand up for these places: add your name to the list of more than 250,000 people who support protecting some of the nation's last best places by visiting this site.
The Bush administration has reversed the Clinton administration rule, which restricted logging, development and road building on about a third of all national forest lands. U.S. Representative Jay Inslee of the 1st Congressional District introduced similar legislation in the House last summer.
Hikers are familiar
with many places the legislation would protect, including Juniper
Ridge in the Dark Divide (pictured at left), Lena
Lake in the Olympics, and Hoodoo
Canyon in the Kettle Range.Stand up for these places: add your name to the list of more than 250,000 people who support protecting some of the nation's last best places by visiting this site.
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