The White House receives 20,000 more comments demanding a second veto. But Clinton signs the bill. The administration promises to obey environmental laws as far as allowed under the rider. The timber industry wins a ruling in U.S. District Court. The Administration's appeal is rejected.
Courts continue to uphold and expand logging permitted under the rider.
Under intense citizen pressure, Clinton cancels the Barkley sale, which was proposed for a roadless area adjoining designated wilderness in Lassen National Forest. It is the first such sale canceled by the Clinton administration. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court and requires protection of marbled-murrelet nesting areas within rider sales. A vote to repeal the rider loses in the House 209-211. PL also proposes to drag some or all of the naturally fallen trees from the forest floor.