The New Land Rush

[richlevy]

From here.

The Bush administration identified Friday more than 300,000 acres of national forest, including about 85,000 acres in California, that could be sold to pay for services in rural areas across the country. National Forest Service officials said they want to sell about 200,000 acres to raise about $800 million over the next few years to pay for schools and roads in rural counties hurt by logging cutbacks on federal land. The Bureau of Land Management has said it also plans to sell federal lands to raise an estimated $250 million over five years.

I'm all for selling off decomissioned military bases in the middle of the desert, but forests? Some of this land is pristine. I thought the government was trying to stop urban sprawl.