Much California acreage considered 'nonvital' in a Bush
administration plan is worth keeping, say local officials and
conservationists.
By Bettina Boxall and Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writers
February 28, 2006
REDDING — Mountain property with dramatic views, the headwaters of salmon
streams, tall timber and rugged backcountry, even a cave or two — all could
be sold as part of a Bush administration proposal to auction roughly 300,000
acres of national forestland to fund rural schools and roads.
Administration officials have characterized the land, more than a quarter
of which is in California, as isolated parcels that don't belong in the
193-million-acre national forest system because they're expensive to manage
and aren't vital to wildlife or recreation.
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