Good News for the Places Where the Wild Things Are

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Good News for the Places Where the Wild Things Are

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Two years into the Obama administration, the Bureau of Land Management has decided to reverse a Bush-era policy and get back to the business of protecting wilderness on its 256 million acres of public land.

The New York Times:

The Bureau of Land Management this afternoon is expected to overturn a George W. Bush administration policy barring the agency from temporarily protecting lands with wilderness qualities.

The scheduled 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and BLM Director Bob Abbey in Denver could upend part or all of a 2003 settlement by then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton and the state of Utah and allow BLM to once again preserve roadless landscapes until Congress decides whether to pass permanent protections.

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By David J. Cyr, December 26, 2010 at 9:47 am Link to this comment

Oh really?

Obama’s “Justice” Department is still persecuting Tim DeChristopher for his successful monkeywrenching of that “Bush-era policy” that Obama is allegedly reversing.

DeChristopher is facing up to 10 years in prison for having managed to outbid the merchants of ecocide at a BLM auction.

Obama’s federal attorneys prosecute protesters who are effective… **BECAUSE** they were effective.

Environmental activist indicted for making false bids
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?hl=7&sid=6028982

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