-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/06/1999 2:40:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Judge Buzzcuts Timber Sales on American Forests http://ens.lycos.com/ens/oct99/1999L-10-05-02.html BENTON, Illinois, October 5, 1999 (ENS) - A small grassroots environmental group has won a court ruling that shuts down timber sales on an estimated 110,000 acres of U.S. National Forests across the country. This is the first time a federal judge has issued an injunction on the entire National Forest system. Chief Judge J. Phil Gilbert of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ruled September 29 that the U.S. Forest Service acted illegally in allowing timber sales under a loophole known as the "categorical exclusion." Timber sales under a given size were not subject to the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The case was brought by Heartwood, a Bloomington, Indiana based regional forest protection network and two self-taught forest experts, Jim Bensman and Mark Donham. They claimed that the Forest Service illegally excluded timber sales the environmental requirements of NEPA. >> YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prudy DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
