The administration unabashedly names new national monuments, closing land off to human activity, to appease its radical green supporters during every Presidential election year. Always, the designations have come despite the strenuous objections of residents, state and local government officials, and congressional delegations. The nation's National Parks have fallen into such a disastrous state of repair, new restrictions are sought against their use by the public. They would seem to have a valid point. The Forest Service is an even greater disaster, and proposing even tighter control of even more land.
Trees have a natural life span.
The Clinton-Gore administration's scheme to make 40 to 60 million acres of National Forest roadless will only aggravate the situation. Not incidentally, the no-logging policy has also had the effect of starving out forest communities. The loss of individual incomes is obvious. Less obvious to those who live outside forest communities is the effect on their schools. When the government took over forest lands, it removed their tax base for school funding.