Mark Rey
Mark Rey
Mark Rey, former timber industry lobbyist, was the undersecretary for natural resources and agriculture in the federal government of the United States under the Bush Administration. He was sworn in as the undersecretary for natural resources and environment by the Agriculture Secretary, Ann M. Veneman on October 2, 2001. His duty was to monitor the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service...
conveying federal land ownership sales sensitive
Conveying land in and out of federal ownership is not a new thing. Land sales are a sensitive proposition and they have to be done carefully.
expensive forest goals longer meet necessary needs service
They are isolated, expensive to manage, and no longer necessary to meet the needs of U.S. Forest Service goals.
forest longer meet meeting national needs public sites system
Some of the sites in question...do not any longer meet national forest system needs, but that's not the same as not meeting public needs generally.
permanent protection provide
The quickest way to provide permanent protection is through the development of state-specific rules, not by resuscitating the 2001 rule,
cuts funding looking million revenue worth
There aren't $800 million worth of funding cuts that we could find, which is why we are looking at this as a revenue raiser.
stays
We want everyone to be comfortable with every half-acre that stays on the list.