Lockyer sues over U.S. timber plan

[Kadie]

Lockyer sues over U.S. timber plan
He says Forest Service is revisiting the 2001 rules to maximize logging.

By Sam Stanton and Andy Furillo -- Bee Staff Writers
Published 2:15 am PST Wednesday, February 2, 2005

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday in a bid to stop it from scrapping a logging plan for the Sierra Nevada and replacing it with one that he said is designed to maximize logging and profits from 11.5 million acres of California forests.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, seeks to stop the Forest Service from revamping the landmark 2001 "framework" plan that was designed to balance logging and conservation needs in 11 national forests in the Sierra.

"The Bush administration just tossed that plan overboard," Lockyer said in a telephone conference call with reporters. "It jettisoned the plan, violating a number of environmental and administrative procedure laws."

That plan was the result of 10 years of study and negotiation, but the Forest Service approved a revised plan late last year that would triple logging in forests, a plan that Lockyer's suit said "reflects the agency's new willingness to risk long-term, irretrievable losses in exchange for short-term economic gains."

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[cally]

1. Remember how Feinstein caved to get the previous plan

and now the * admin just jettisons it. I sure hope the Dems like Feinstein who think they can work with this maladministration learn their lessons fast.

[davidinalameda]

2. I don't trust his motives

I still he's just prepping himself for the governor's race

he's now aiming for the environmental crowd