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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Bio-Treaty update: Clinton Adviser Runs into Criticism
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>Clinton Adviser Runs Into Criticism
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>By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer
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>SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- President Clinton's top environmental adviser ran
>into criticism and occasional laughter Saturday as she met with
>conservative Westerners opposed to federal controls of their lands.
>
>Kathleen McGinty, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, spoke
>to the Western States Coalition Summit, a twice-a-year gathering of
>local and state politicians, natural resource industry executives and
>others concerned about federal control of Western lands.
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>Even her introduction drew criticism with a reading of a list of
>administration accomplishments. They included the administration's plan
>to manage forests in the Pacific Northwest, where endangered-species
>protections run up against timber industry jobs, and creation of the 1.7
>million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, which
>blocked development of a huge coal mine.
>
>``What she sees as successes we see as failures,'' said Laura Cleland of
>the Oregon Lands Coalition in Salem, Ore. ``The president's forest plan
>closed hundreds of mills in the Northwest.''
>
>Discussions during the three-day meeting that ended Saturday included
>topics such as a perceived pro-environmentalist bias in school
>textbooks, combating fear of farm chemicals and opposition to the theory
>of global warming.
>
>McGinty said disputes such as the Grand Staircase designation and
>government protection of animals under the Endangered Species Act have
>polarized environmental debate into an endless series of court battles.
>
>``We must achieve stewardship of the land and economic opportunities
>together,'' McGinty said.
>
>She said a centerpiece of that objective could be the American Heritage
>Rivers Initiative, which the president proposed in his State of the
>Union address this year.
>
>She described it as an entirely voluntary effort designed to help
>riverside communities find existing federal programs to improve their
>waterfronts for environmental, economic and recreational benefits. It
>does not contain new money, propose new laws or exert more federal
>control.
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>Some people worried that the program would throw out existing water
>rights, a sensitive issue throughout the West, and would eventually
>become mandatory.
>
>``We don't believe you yet,'' an audience member told McGinty.
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> AP-NY-07-12-97 1702EDT
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