] The Bush administration has proposed scuttling a Clinton ] administration rule that put nearly 60 million acres of ] national forest largely off-limits to logging, mining or ] other development in favor of a new system that leaves it ] to state governors to seek greater - or in some cases, ] fewer - strictures on road construction in forests. [ Maybe a minor issue, but another pebble on heap of reasons to change leadership ... -k] IHT: Bush seeks to cut rule protecting forest lands |