Environmentalists sue feds to block development in roadless forests

[Judi Lynn]

Environmentalists sue feds to block development in roadless forests

By Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer
October 6, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO --A coalition of 20 environmental groups sued the Bush administration Thursday to block road construction, logging and industrial development on more than 90,000 square miles of the nation's last untouched forests.

In the lawsuit, the Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Greenpeace and other groups challenge the U.S. Forest Service decision earlier this year to repeal President Clinton's 2001 "roadless rule" that protected 58.5 million acres of undeveloped national forest.

"These are the last wild areas of North America, and there is overwhelming public support for their protection from development," said Kristen Boyles, a staff attorney for Oakland-based Earthjustice, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs.

The federal lawsuit comes about a month after the attorneys general for California, New Mexico and Oregon brought a similar legal challenge. Both lawsuits allege the Bush administration violated federal law by not studying the environmental impacts of repealing the Clinton rule.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/10/06/environmentalists_sue_feds_to_block_development_in_roadless_forests/

[texpatriot2004]

1. Yeah, glad to hear this and grateful to. May the Forest be with you

[azndndude]

2. As an Native American I am overjoyed to hear this!

What little undeveloped land that was once ours is left needs to be LEFT ALONE!!!!!! Protect the SACRED!!

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

3. must be stopped-once it happens it's too late--forever--no turning back

I can't stand the idea of these greedy bastards getting their grubby little hands on the last and final pristine wilderness of OUR Country.
Once they grab it they won't let go until it's gone.