Official Seeks Delay in Weighing Forest Review
A Bush administration official says he needs additional time to decide whether to review a new management plan for national forests in the Sierra Nevada.
Opponents of the plan, which would significantly reduce timber cutting in the range’s 11 national forests, turned to Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey after Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth affirmed the blueprint last month.
On Tuesday, Rey asked the Forest Service to provide him with appeal records on the plan. Rey has until Dec. 24 to decide if he will take up Bosworth’s decision, then 30 days to decide whether to overturn or uphold it.
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