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"Could it be these departments are so infested with Leftist activists posing as bureaucrats that the Bush Administration actually is intimidated..."

That W seems intimidated seems obvious. - The question is why?

He is enjoying historically unparalleled public support, and I am convinced that the public is so radically anti-bureaucrat that failing to act is a far more likely source of public displeasure.

To tell you the truth, I haven't seen any evidence that he has a strong disagreement with environmentalism. He restored his ranch to a natural state. He may be in favor of ANWR because we need the oil. Otherwise, he doesn't pay much attention. He put a lightweight Republican woman in charge of Interior. He turned a blind eye to the suffering of the Klamath farmers. He doesn't seem to care about the principle of private property vs. government confiscation. Right now he may have put the brakes on implementing the Sierra Nevada plan, but eventually it will go through.

Bush is a terrific politician. He's positioning himself for his next Presidential run. He has to court the Western vote. Which way do you think the majority of urban voters think about preserving forests? It wouldn't be popular to take a strong stand against a popular environmental cause like "preserving the forest" in California--a state that is critical for him to win. This is pure speculation on my part, of course. And what do I know? I'm just a Westerner.

"That W seems intimidated seems obvious. - The question is why?"

I'm sorry, e-s; when I cannot understand a person's mode of reasoning?
I can't in good conscious ccite their motive, "obvious."
Merely not understood; to me.

"He is enjoying historically unparalleled public support..."

Yea; thanks to the towl head SOBs; only.

"...and I am convinced that the public is so radically anti-bureaucrat..."

Again; I disagree.
I only use, for example, the bold & shameless behavior(s) of Dashole as proof many are not radically anti-bureaucrat!
"Pro-American" at a time when she's threatened?
Yea, sure.
Don'tcha think it might be somewhat hasty to assume the average 'rat voter's support for Dubya is a statement of an anti-bureaucratic sentiment?
The main Lib pigs don't seem to think so.

Many of these pro-Dubya bozos are nuzzled-up to the public teet in one way or another; just remind 'em of that & watch what happens then, & methinks Dubya's aware of this finickiness.
Surely you remember the Yellow Stone Park vendor quoted here, there, and everywhere during the '95 (?) Thanksgiving budget showdown?? Hmmmm?
There're a lot of those type of people out there who're on the one hand very patriotic in their support of a POTUS during a time like this, and just as spirited in their support of the clymers who protect their place at the nipple.
Add to that, Dubya's got to plan his moves around an incredibly viscious, maniacal Liberal Lamestream media minefield on any & all things the Liberals lay claim to? (enviro-socio-racial et al issues)
Means, you, I, US are (probably) not going to know what the hell's happened with this guy's administration until after the fact?
Hell, look how he's running the war abroad to get a clue how he's got to run the one here at home.

"...that failing to act is a far more likely source of public displeasure."

To us; his base -- his shifting base.
A base which is continually being minimized by one side, the other, or both at one time or another; depending what outcome they want?

...anyway; that's how it seems to me.