Save our forests

President Bush's proposed 2007 budget includes a legislative request to allow the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off land in national forests, grasslands and scenic areas . . . This is a list of the known areas proposed for sale:

ALABAMA: 3,220 acres in the Talladega, Bankhead and Conecuh national forests.

ALASKA: 99 acres in the Tongass and Chugach national forests.

ARIZONA: 1,030 acres in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Kaibab national forests.

ARKANSAS: 3,612 acres in the Ouachita and Ozark national forests.

CALIFORNIA: 79,362 acres in the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, Sierra, Stanislaus, Eldorado, Tahoe, Plumas, Lassen, Trinity, Six Rivers, Shasta and Klamath national forests.

COLORADO: 21,572 acres in the Arapaho, Roosevelt, Gunnison, Uncompahgre, Pike, San Isabel, Rio Grande, San Juan and White River national forests and the Pawnee and Comanche national grasslands.

FLORIDA: 973 acres in the Ocala National Forest.

GEORGIA: 4,522 acres in the Chattahoochee and Oconee national forests.

IDAHO: 25,464 acres in the Clearwater, Coeur d'Alene, Kaniksu, Nez Perce, St. Joe, Boise, Caribou-Targhee, Payette and Sawtooth national forests and the Caribou-Targhee Curlew Grasslands.

ILLINOIS: 191 acres in the Shawnee National Forest.

INDIANA: 869 acres in the Hoosier National Forest.

KENTUCKY: 4,518 acres in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

LOUISIANA: 3,895 acres in the Kisatchie National Forest.

MICHIGAN: 5,880 acres in the Hiawatha and Ottawa national forests.

MINNESOTA: 2,622 acres in the Superior National Forest.

MISSISSIPPI: 7,503 acres in the Bienville, DeSoto, Holly Springs, Homochitto and Tomigbee national forests.

MISSOURI: 21,566 acres in the Mark Twain National Forest.

MONTANA: 13,948 acres in the Beaverhead, Bitterroot, Custer, Deerlodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Helena, Koot, Kootenai, Lewis & Clark and Lolo national forests.

NEBRASKA: 866 acres in the Nebraska National Forest and Oglala National Grasslands.

NEVADA: 2,146 acres in the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest.

NEW MEXICO: 7,447 acres in the Cibola and Lincoln national forests and the Kiowa National Grasslands.

NORTH CAROLINA: 9,828 acres in the Croatan, Nantahala, Pisgah and Uwharrie national forests.

OHIO: 420 acres in Wayne National Forest.

OKLAHOMA: 3,572 acres in Ouachita National Forest and Rita Blanca National Grasslands.

OREGON: 10,581 acres in the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, Malheur, Mount Hood, Ochoco, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umatilla, Umpqua, Wallowa-Whitman and Williamette national forests, the Crooked River National Grasslands and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

SOUTH CAROLINA: 4,665 acres in the Francis Marion and Sumter national forests.

SOUTH DAKOTA: 13,961 acres in the Black Hills National Forest and the Buffalo Gap and Ft. Pierre national grasslands.

TENNESSEE: 2,996 acres in the Cherokee National Forest.

TEXAS: 4,813 acres in the Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine and Sam Houston national forests and the Rita Blanca and Caddo-LBJ national grasslands.

UTAH: 5,998 acres in the Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, Sawtooth, Uinta and Wasatch-Cache national forests.

VIRGINIA: 5,717 acres in the George Washington-Jefferson National Forest.

WASHINGTON: 7,516 acres in the Colville, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Olympic, Wenatchee and Okanogan national forests and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

WEST VIRGINIA: 4,836 acres in the Monongahela National Forest.

WISCONSIN: 80 acres in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

WYOMING: 17,619 acres in the Black Hills, Medicine Bow and Bridger-Teton national forests and the Thunder Basin National Grasslands.

SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service

from the Daytona Beach News