Is Bush's Plan To Sell National Forest Land Dead?

The Bush administration's plan to sell national forest land to raise money for rural schools and roads hits roadblocks.

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May 15, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A Bush administration proposal to sell almost 1,000 acres in the Ocala National Forest is dead, according to U.S. Rep. Ric Keller and environmentalists who blasted the idea as a shortsighted solution to raise money for rural counties...Despite Keller's glee, a U.S. Forest Service official said the proposal is still alive. Forest Service officials have said the 300,000 acres targeted in 35 states are remote and hard to maintain, representing only a sliver of 193 million acres of national forests."

Read the full story: Land sale in forest is off, Keller says

Monday, May 15, 2006 in The Orlando Sentinel

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