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    Fighting Over Forests
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    t r u t h o u t | Programming Note

    Monday 25 February 2008

    Check out the complete "NOW" report, free and available for viewing at http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/408/index.html.

Will a Bush administration effort open hundreds of thousands of acres of public land to private development?

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    At "NOW's" web site at www.pbs.org/now, get more information about Roadless Rule policies in your state, learn how to voice your opinion directly to the federal government and review President Bush's environmental legacy.

    Also on the show, "NOW" Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa talks to Letty Cottin Pogrebin and her daughter Abigail. Letty Pogrebin is one of the founding editors of Ms. magazine and a prominent feminist. The two agree on lots of women's rights issues, but are totally opposed in their choices for president. The conversation sheds light on the unique pull of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on similar constituencies.

    See an EXTENDED, web-exclusive version of this interview here RIGHT NOW at: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/408/index.html#story2.

    Signed by President Bill Clinton in 2001, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects nearly 60 million acres of the country's national forest lands from most road building, mining and logging. Over the last seven years, the Bush administration has tried to amend or repeal the landmark regulation to give states more flexibility. "NOW" travels to southeast Idaho to investigate how a proposed change in the rule threatens to open thousands of acres of pristine public lands to private development. In the report, "NOW" speaks to representatives from the ranching, environmental and mining communities, as well an administration official. Who gets to control the fate of Idaho's vast roadless forests? Find out how you can help shape the answer.