Key Sierra timber case pits California against Bush administration

WASHINGTON – A stalled Sierra Nevada salvage-logging venture is sparking the Supreme Court's next major environmental showdown.

What began as a 238-acre Sequoia National Forest timber sale has drawn in big players on all sides. The fight, pitting California officials against the Bush administration, will determine how easy it will be to challenge future forest decisions nationwide.

"It's … whether or not the public has a right to be involved," Jim Bensman, an Illinois-based environmentalist who's involved in the case, said Friday. "The No. 1 priority for the Bush administration, aside from logging, has been to reduce public accountability."

Read the full story by Michael Doyle at the Sac Bee Website.

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