Reply #27: Nicely put, Buddy..see below, this impacts much more than CO.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

The bfee is trying to use this to overturn the conservation statutes established by Clinton...see below:

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At issue is whether the Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which the Bush administration is challenging in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, can preclude government agencies from allowing industrial development - chiefly energy exploration and logging - in designated roadless areas.

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Critics of selling gas-exploration leases in roadless areas point out that while a total of 4.6 million acres in Colorado have been made available for oil and gas leasing, only 1.6 million acres have been tapped, leaving more than 3,100 leases currently unused.

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"Unless we can stop some of these, wilderness protection is going to end in Colorado," Kolbenschlag said.

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Come on, folks. We need to get together and recognize that the bfee is going to work at a local level to achieve its global plans. I posted this as a warning regarding the overt actions being taken at a grass roots level to demolish existing environmental protections.
MKJ