Forests and Natural Lands

Today's NYTimes features a commentary by Timothy Egan who decries recent policies governing the nation's forests and natural lands. The commentary, called "This Land Was My Land," makes specific mention of the poor condition of areas around Mount Hood, Oregon. But it also ventures into some comparisons between the current administration and those who inititated the programs:

It looks like the forestry equivalent of a neighborhood crack house.

In the Pinchot woods, you see the George W. Bush public lands legacy. If you want to drill, or cut trees, or open a gas line — the place is yours. Most everything else has been trashed or left to bleed to death.