Beyond the Gale?

Interior Secretary Gale Norton did her best to shift the department in a new direction: namely, toward more drilling, mining, and logging. Now she's on her way out, and greens are bracing themselves to see who President Bush will nominate next to oversee approximately one-fifth of all land in the U.S. Muckraker surveys the landscape to find out who's on the shortlist.

..." 'Any way you slice it,' says Alberswerth, 'the outlook is not good.' "