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Sierra Club Criticizes Large Sale Of Public Land

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

15 February 2006 - 2:00pm

Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, comments on the Bush administration's plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land.

"The Bush administration's proposal to auction off National Forest and other lands is shameful. These lands not only belong to you and me, but they also belong to future generations, and they should not be sold off to the highest bidder for development. And there is no reason why the world's biggest economic power should have to sell off parkland to make ends meet...No responsible homeowner would sell off the foundation on his house to pay his mortgage."

Full Story: Bush Administration's Proposed Sale of National Forest, Other Public Lands Is Shameful
Source: Sierra Club, February 14, 2006
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