To Log Or Not To Log

Clinton has announced a ban on building roads in 58.5 million acres of national forests. Will Bush uphold the ban?

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January 7, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

"Mr. Clinton announced a ban on building roads in 58.5 million acres of national forests which do not already have roads. The ban amounts to a prohibition on most kinds of logging in nearly a third of the country's national forests. ...Environmentalists are thrilled, but the timber, energy and mining industries say the new rules are too strict and some GOP lawmakers, especially from the Western states, are calling on President-elect Bush to scuttle the plan."

Thanks to A.G. Flynn

FULL STORY: To Log Or Not To Log

Friday, January 5, 2001 in CBS News

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