Forest 'roadless rule': environmental victory or US job-killer?

Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 22, 2011 | Patrik Jonsson,

[Vince Ferrer]

Environmentalists on Saturday hailed as one of the biggest conservation victories in decades a federal court ruling that upheld a "roadless rule" to protect massive swaths of national forest.

But while the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday removed a lower court's block on the "roadless rule," the Clinton-era order protecting over 50 million acres of prime federal forests from timber and mining companies could leave President Obama vulnerable to charges similar to those levied against the White House after the Gulf drilling moratorium: that the administration is unfriendly toward extractive industries that utilize the nation's natural wealth and create American jobs.

[Vince Ferrer]

Here are some areas our permanently unemployed can set up shanty towns.

[married21]

When the roads are outlawed, only the outlaws will have roads. Into the forest. To the marijuana plantation. Without any pesky law enforcement driving by.

[FlingWingFlyer]

More forests are going to burn down. Thanks loonies!

[Doogle]

trick question...any environmental victory is a US job-killer

[Repeal The 17th]

The courts (judicial branch) can’t do anything
that a congress (legislative branch) can’t undo.

[Recon Dad]

.....what has been done by these traitors can be undone by those that follow.

[dayglored]

> trick question...any environmental victory is a US job-killer

Hmmmm, "Certs"... is it a breath mint? or is it a candy mint???

Answer: It's both.

[Joe Boucher]

SSoooo,
Instead of thinning the forests to help keep them healthy the gubmint wants us to do what has been happening in the Flagstaff area.
No logging so instead of say 95 trees per acre there is like 360 and as a result they are becomomg unhealthy.
No undergrowth clearing so it all becomes a fire trap and hazard, but hey, some beauracrat with an inkling of power knows best just like in the early days of the Soviet Union.

[Vince Ferrer]

.....what has been done by these traitors can be undone by those that follow.

Not as easily done, unless you are meaning the nation following here after America.

[tet68]

“Certs”... is it a breath mint? or is it a candy mint???

Answer: It’s both.

Actually, it’s a breast mint...

[Trteamer]

U.S. Forest Circus at work.....

[dayglored]

> Actually, it’s a breast mint...

You mean like this?

Breast mint (caution, NSFW, boobies)

The internet has everything, I swear. That's a commercial "stock" photo, too. Go figure....

[familyop]

"Environmentalists [Pensioners and local government employees living on the Rockies] on Saturday hailed as one of the biggest conservation victories in decades a federal court ruling that upheld a "roadless rule" to protect massive swaths of national forest."

Wake up. Some of us call it "First Settler Syndrome." They don't want any working class men or kids living, working or playing on their land (all that they can see) on their mountains. Elite and sole arbiters of nature, they are, Democrats, Republicans and all.

We need a national housecleaning. Cut revenues and pensions to get rid of the problem.

[org.whodat]

Much to do about nothing.

[DJ MacWoW]

We've Watched The Spinning Act In DC Long Enough

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