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According to the Chronicle:

The last 58.5 million acres of untouched national forests, which President Clinton had set aside for protection, were opened to possible logging, mining and other commercial uses by the Bush administration on Thursday.

The Heritage Forsts Campaign team is at the front lines of this battle. Their homepage summarizes the news:

The Bush Administration has declared that it is repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

The repeal, announced by the Administration at a press teleconference with Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, ends years of speculation over the fate of a policy that protected millions of acres of national forests. It effectively ends all protection for these forests and should be considered a huge victory for the timber and mining industries.