Bush’s Push to Be Felt across the West
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A flurry of end-of-term Bush administration changes in rules, permits and plans could alter canyons, mesas, grasslands and forests across the West.
From the November rules for oil- shale development to a revision of the Endangered Species Act last Thursday to an oil-and-gas lease sale this Friday, there are a spate of changes that touch Western lands. And while the changes may benefit some commercial interests and create jobs, environmentalists are raising alarms.
…"There is this sense of a headlong rush by the Bush administration," said Steve Smith, assistant regional director of the Wilderness Society.
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Wendy Loya, Ph.D.
Dr. Wendy Loya joined The Wilderness Society in 2006 as our Alaska Region Ecologist. Her work focuses primarily on climate change and northern ecosystems. An overarching objective of her work is understanding how the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development can be quantified to achieve a better understanding of future ecosystem health and potential mitigation solutions.
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