Court Throws Out Bush Forest Management Regulations (ENS)

Shrub's attempt to cut the public out of NATIONAL FOREST management was declared illegal on Friday! :toast:

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Court Throws Out Bush Forest Management Regulations

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 30, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Forest Service can no longer use forest management regulations put in place by the Bush administration in 2005, because they violate three laws, a federal judge in California ruled today.

The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for Northern California, invalidates regulations that changed the land management planning process for national forests by eliminating mandatory protections for wildlife and clean water and removing public participation in the process.

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"These regulations were designed by a former timber industry lobbyist," Cosgrove said. "They put the timber industry first and citizens and wildlife last. They would have silenced the voices of citizens in local forest planning, and allowed destructive projects to move forward with little oversight."

The judge's ruling prohibits the Bush administration from "implementation and utilization" of the new forest planning regulations. "The court verified what we already knew - that the Bush administration has used every angle possible to undo protections for our wildlife, forests, and clean water," said Cosgrove. "At a time when wildlife face mounting threats, we need to move towards responsible forest management that protects our public lands for future generations instead of giving them away to special interests."

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2007/2007-03-30-09.asp

This is wonderful news. Dismantle the putrid legacy of that evil homunculus brick by steaming, foetid brick!

I'm just wondering if someone, somewhere has created an authoritative list of Bush Admin regulations and executive orders that need to be rolled-back.

If you started by assuming you needed to roll back ALL of them, you'd likely be pretty close.

if there is such a list. Of course, the list would be so long it would probably stretch across the whole country.

This bogus 2005 National Forest regulation is just one example of many - it essentially allows National Forests to create zones where "anything goes" (logging, mining, you name it) across the National Forest - holding the vague promise that serious consideration of these would occur later. (Doubtful). But it is really just a transparent give-away to industry. And wildlife protection is written off, too.

So many of these regs need to be rolled back ASAP and replaced by better ones that protect the environment like the American people want - by the next Dem president, or by the current Dem Senate and House.

What are they going to have left to rape, pillage, and destroy?