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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (140311)	4/23/2001 5:11:18 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

White House poses greatest threat to wildlands By Margot Higgins enn.com The current administration in the White House poses the biggest threat to the nation's national parks, national forests, national monuments and other public wildlands, according to an annual report released Friday by The Wilderness Society. To the surprise of few in the conservation community, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the top of this year's list of endangered public lands. The oil industry and its supporters in President George W. Bush's administration and Congress have renewed their interest in reversing a 30-year-old law that prevents drilling in the pristine area. ANWR also topped American Rivers' most endangered rivers list released on April 11. "Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will destroy wilderness and harm wildlife while doing almost nothing to address the nation's energy situation," said Allen Smith, director of Alaska programs for The Wilderness Society. The second and third wildlands on the list are also in Alaska. The Copper River Delta and Denali National Park face threats from oil and gas drilling, logging mining, off-road vehicle use and road construction, all of which have been promoted to varying degrees by the Bush administration. Other wildlands on this year's list and the threats they face: Greater Grand Canyon Ecosystem in Arizona. The area is threatened by air traffic and the Bush administration's threat to undo the designation of national monuments. San Joaquin Roadless Area in California. The area is threatened by the Bush administration's delay of the roadless area rule. Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge in California and Oregon. The area is threatened by drought and unsustainable farming. White River National Forest in Colorado. Threats to the area include oil and gas development, off-road vehicle use and large-scale real estate development. Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. Threats to the area include an indication that the Bush administration will delay a plan to curb the use of swamp buggies and airboats in the preserve. The endangered wildlands list also includes Badger Two Medicine/Rocky Mountain Front and Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument in Montana; Greater Yellowstone and Teton national parks in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana; Upper Bald River Roadless Area in Tennessee; the Utah Wilderness; Kettle River Range Roadless Areas in Washington; and Red Desert in Wyoming. The Wilderness Society has compiled a list of most endangered wildlands for the past five years. The organization reviews dozens of endangered wildlands of national significance, evaluating the immediacy and gravity of the environmental threat they face and mulling the precedent that would be set if threats goes unchecked. This year, according to The Wilderness Society, the Bush administration is responsible for stirring all of the environmetal threats noted in past reports, including oil and gas development, off-road vehicle use, mining, logging and global warming. "The White House is having the most environmentally hostile presence in U.S. history," Wilderness Society president Bill Meadows said Friday. "Earth Day (celebrated on Sunday) is supposed to be a day of celebration. But it is hard to celebrate when almost every morning seems to bring more bad environmental news from the Bush administration. One day it is arsenic in drinking water. Another day it is mining and drilling in pristine national forests. The list is too long, and yet is getting longer." Conservation groups note that the safeguards the Bush administration is trying to unravel are the result of years of open public process involving millions of people. For example, Bush's recent decision to delay the Clinton administration plan to ban road construction and timber harvesting on nearly 60 million acres of forest land follows 600 public hearings and millions of public comments that supported the plan. "The administration is revisiting many environmental policies that we thought were closed," said Deb Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters. "We're moving backward, not forward." sports.yahoo.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (140311)	4/23/2001 5:55:03 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769667

I thought 695 was declared unconstitutional, although the $30 flat tax was passed separately. Are you saying that the budget was adjusted and cut highway spending? What's the outlook for the new initiative? Well you get these problems when the Dems control the state legislature. Here in CA we have lots of $ but Caltrans can't get the work done, so we passed Prop. 35. Trade you some cash for some roadbuilders.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (140311)	4/23/2001 6:10:20 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

I don't suppose it occurred to anyone in Seattle that they can build their own GD rail system without robbing the rest of us to pay for it...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (140311)	4/23/2001 10:29:27 PM
From: alan w	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

We have a Democrat for Governor, two Democrat Senators, six Democrat Congressmen, a Democrat State Senate and an equally divided State House. The trend in this state is toward more Democrats. Gee Kenneth, no wonder you have problems. I'd move if I were you. There's not enough money in the world to placate so many democrats in one place. alan w

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (140311)	4/24/2001 3:05:31 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"We have a Democrat for Governor, two Democrat Senators, six Democrat Congressmen, a Democrat State Senate and an equally divided State House. The trend in this state is toward more Democrats" Don't you think that is why one of the best companies in America (Boeing) is moving out? Seattle is getting just as f*&ked up as California. Keep taxing the crap out of your visitors and pissing off businesses and your traffic problems will be solved. Your area USED to be nice.