Forest Service Releases New Rules on Wildlife. By Dan Frosch, NYTimes, April 11, 2008. "The U.S. Forest Service has released new regulations for managing the country's 155 national forests, after a federal judge struck down an earlier set of rules... The new regulations... end the requirement that each species be evaluated for sustainability. Instead, the service will focus on the overall habitat in and around a national forest... Environmental groups say the rules remove critical protections... At least one environmental law firm, Earthjustice of Oakland, Calif., said it would challenge the rules. 'This is a parting gift from the Bush administration to the timber industry,' said Trent Orr [of] Earthjustice... Mr. Orr... said the new rules were much too similar to what had been struck down."
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