Obama abandons wilderness plan

[K9JK]

Obama abandons wilderness plan

The Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a memo to his agency that officials will not designate any public lands as "wild lands." Instead Salazar said the agency will work with members of Congress to develop recommendations for managing millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West. A copy of the memo was obtained by The Associated Press.

Salazar's decision reverses an order issued in December to make millions of acres of public land eligible for wilderness protection. A budget deal approved by Congress prevented the Interior Department from spending money to implement the wilderness policy. Several Western states filed suit to block the plan.

 

[ricsrx]

Very nice to hear!!!!

 

[Stacey]

Great news. The invro nazis never give up though.

 

[ID Bronco]

I heard this today, Party while we can, until they come up with something new.

This is good news and shows some of our efforts are worthwhile!

 

[SUPERFLY]

:like:

 

[JL Rockies]

It's what happens when you don't vote for liberals... just sayin'

 

[Hickey]

Hooray for budget cuts!

 

[jackjoh]

I heard this today, Party while we can, until they come up with something new.

This is good news and shows some of our efforts are worthwhile!

I agree, this is no time to relax. Keep up the pressure and get ready for the next anti OHV lie to close us out.

 

[Caleb]

I can see this from two sides...1. We just won a small battle, or 2. They realized getting a large bill passed is going to be much less likely than going at it from the individual BLM offices and influencing the smaller, less "powerful" offices. Just sayin' :sick:

 

[ID Bronco]

I can see this from two sides...1. We just won a small battle, or 2. They realized getting a large bill passed is going to be much less likely than going at it from the individual BLM offices and influencing the smaller, less "powerful" offices. Just sayin' :sick:

I totally agree with this, the current Administration (I can't even bring myself to type his name) is doing all they can to circumvent the distinct and seperate branches of government and having to go through Congress to pass stuff. They prefer to use regulation to prohibit because they pay the people doing the implementation and they are not elected so there is no retaliation. I believe he will use agencies to restrict rather than fight Congress (part of it) and potentially look bad for the election. Thank goodness for elections, it will make him appease for a time. ie: a couple of oil leases, backing off from this, etc.