01.05.2009 9:00 pm

Changing federal rules to benefit private developers

: Trail riders in Missouri

America’s national forests are criss-crossed by dirt roads built to enable logging crews to reach secluded timber stands. Just 14 days before leaving office, the Bush administration is changing federal rules to allow those roads to be paved.
The…

Tags: Bush administration, federal rules, Plum Creek Timber Co., public lands, timber industry, U.S. Forest Service

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07.09.2008 9:00 pm

Thursday editorial: Chop shop

By Editorial Board

The National Forest Service was created in 1905 by Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, a noted conservationist. It’s run today by Republican Mark E. Rey, a noted timber industry lobbyist.
Since being appointed in 2001, Mr. Rey has made the Forest Service…

Tags: John G. Carlton, lobbyists, Mark E. Rey, Montana, Plum Creek Timber Company, public land, regulation, timber industry, trophy homes, U.S. Park Service

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Changing federal rules to benefit private developers

Thursday editorial: Chop shop

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