Friday, April 07, 2006

The Party Of Small Government?

Field & Stream - Conservation Report: The Killing Fields: Unchecked energy development is ruining our public hunting grounds

Federal land managers in the Forest Service and the BLM are, in many cases, trying their best to balance the energy boom with the other uses of the lands. “I honestly believe that we could develop these resources responsibly,” said a staffer in the Pinedale office who asked not to be named, “but we have to be allowed to do our jobs. Right now the decisions about development in our area are made in Washington, D.C., not here.”