Suit Seeks to Reveal Bush Administration - Timber Industry Ties Relating to Forest Regulation Changes

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: October 23, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Defenders of Wildlife filed suit today in U.S. District Court in D.C. to compel the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service to turn over records related to the suspension of national forest regulations in 2001, and the subsequent rewriting of those regulations. The requested information relates to contacts between the timber industry and Agriculture Department officials, including former timber industry lobbyist Mark Rey, who now oversees the Forest Service.

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