Thousands of acres (northern New England) designated wilderness by president

[sabra]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5756699

Thousands of acres designated wilderness by president

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Thousands of acres in northern New England have been redesignated as wilderness by President Bush's signature.

The president signed the New England Wilderness Act of 2006 on Friday. It ordered 34,500 acres in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest and 42,000 in Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest to be preserved as wilderness.

The bill became controversial in September when Gov. Jim Douglas objected to the amount of wilderness that was being added in Vermont. He said the state's congressional delegation had failed to heed the concerns of some timber and traditional use advocates.

[Donnachaidh]

1. Do the Bush's own land in those states too?

Or is he just legacy-building again? :sarcasm:

[Sapere aude]

3. Now he can sell it to his friends because it is federal land.

[Eurobabe]

2. Yeah, the prick (*) wants to avoid any more Democrats

moving up there, getting ideas.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Finally, something I can agree with.

Saving the land from logging is a good thing. Some people need to put away their :tinfoilhat:s.

[mitchtv]

6. Sounds good now

but my guess is he's up to no good

[sabra]

7. there's always more to the story :-) Doesn't he have family

roots to the NE region?

[mitchtv]

8. Yes, and aren't National forests

a prime target dor GOP giveaways? We build the roads industry carts off the wood. I'm thinking the "wrong people" might be managing the industry up there

[mainegreen]

5. Yah! Lets hurt NE logging, as its done such a *terrible* job of preserving forests up here!

:sarcasm:

[LiberalEsto]

9. No oil there, I guess

This way he can say he's saved X number of acres of federal lands (all in the oil-less northeast), while he's giving away oil and logging leases all over the west.

"Watch what my right hand is doing, not my left."

[Altean Wanderer]

10. Sounds good from the headline, but...

we'll have to see the details, as said here. I wonder what the Sierra Club and other environmental groups were advocating. I live in southern NH and go up north for mountain fun, so I'm glad to see any further protection to these relatively small but beautiful wilderness areas.

[Finder]

12. It is a good thing...Sierra Club and other environmentalists support...

http://www.sierraclub.org/legislativetracker/109S2463.asp

[Zorra]

11. It's possible that this is the first decent thing Bu*h has done during

his tenure as presidential impostor.

Still, I smell a rat somewhere.

[Finder]

13. Bush didn't do anything...

but sign.

[hatrack]

14. It's the second installment of his pale, pathetic little environmental "legacy"

Part one was the Hawaiian Marine Reserve - nice idea, but since (A) most Americans will never get within 5,000 miles of the place and (B) 90% of the coral reefs in the reserve are going to die within 20 years, this gets the official "Nice Try No Cigar" Award.

He'll doubtless strut there in his rolled-up blue workshirt late next April.

[goforit]

15. Is Global Warming knocking on his door?