Americans are heard - Roadless Rule wins!

In a great demonstration of the democratic system at work, one of the greatest environmental travesties of the Bush administration has been overturned in a Federal Court. The Roadless Rule was established in 2001 after record breaking public comment in its support. It was created to preserve 58.5 million acres of pristine, roadless acres in our national forests for such valuable uses as recreation, wildlife habitat, and preserving water quality, among others. The Bush administration repealed this most widely supported rule in federal rule-making history and replaced it with a difficult and unwieldy state by state petition process in which governors of each state would have to petition if they wanted national forest roadless area protected in their state. Mass public outcry and our national system of checks and balances has defeated this selfish move. This ruling is a victory for the American public against the spoiled children types who feel entitiled to utilize our national resources for their benefit, yet cry when the government makes laws for the public good that don't allow them to do whatever they want, wherever they want.

http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Statement/20060920.cfm
http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Roadless/chronology.cfm