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Archive Home > 2004 > December > 23 > Forest officials get freer hand with logging

Forest officials get freer hand with logging

Bush expands Forest Service's ability to act without environmental reviews

By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
December 23, 2004

National forest officials will soon have more discretion to approve logging, drilling and mining projects without lengthy environmental reviews.

The Bush administration's overhaul Wednesday of a major bureaucratic process for the U.S. Forest Service drew cheers from conservative lawmakers and....

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