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Truce Is Reached in Battle Over Idaho Forest Land

Legal and political battles over the future of national forest land have raged since 2001, with the Clinton administration’s “roadless rule” protecting millions of acres from loggers, miners and development, and the Bush administration pushing for less-restrictive rules.

On Friday, Idaho, one of the most forested states in the country — and one of the most conservative — announced an unlikely truce. With the support of hunters, fishermen and some environmental groups, the state and the Bush administration agreed on regulatory safeguards for 9.3 million acres that had been designated as roadless areas by the Clinton administration — and thus free of commercial activity.

By FELICITY BARRINGER

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/30forest.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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