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And the damage toll from the Bush administration climbs higher still . . . <br><br>It will take decades to reverse the damage caused by this man's oafishness, ignorance, and bloviating. <br><br>Have mercy.<br><br>Keely<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:10:16 -0700<br>> From: sslund_2007@verizon.net<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Could it -- or has it -- Happen in this Area?<br>> <br>> Closed-Door Deal Could Open Land In Montana<br>> Forest Service Angers Locals With Move That May Speed Building<br>> <br>> By Karl Vick<br>> Washington Post Staff Writer <br>> Saturday, July 5, 2008; Page A01 <br>> <br>> MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for<br>> the nation's largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of<br>> acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions. <br>> <br>> The deal was struck behind closed doors between Mark E. Rey, the former<br>> timber lobbyist who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, and Plum Creek Timber<br>> Co., a former logging company turned real estate investment trust that is<br>> building homes. Plum Creek owns more than 8 million acres nationwide,<br>> including 1.2 million acres in the mountains of western Montana, where local<br>> officials were stunned and outraged at the deal. <br>> <br>> "We have 40 years of Forest Service history that has been reversed in the<br>> last three months," said Pat O'Herren, an official in Missoula County, which<br>> is threatening to sue the Forest Service for forgoing environmental<br>> assessments and other procedures that would have given the public a voice in<br>> the matter. <br>> <snip><br>> <br>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR200807040<br>> 2772.html?nav=rss_nation><br>> OR<br>> http://tinyurl.com/58g4bm<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008' target='_new'>IM on your terms.</a></body>
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