Show Wilderness group names CPS THE Wilderness Society released a list of nine cited as representative representative representative of entrenched corporate interests interests interests inter inter- ests that seek to continue plundering public lands for private gain These are the forces of reaction and regression and if permitted to go unchallenged unchallenged unchallenged pose the greatest threat to the preservation of Americas America's last unprotected wild lands said George Frampton Jr president of the society The nine named April 21 included included included in in- Vice President Dan Quayle and the Council on Competitiveness for its work against clean-air clean regulations and wetlands Others are Secretary of Interior Manuel Lujan for his timber pro-timber industry policies Alaska Gov Walter WaIter Hickel for his pro-oil pro drilling policies the Wise Use movement of mining and timber interests Also included included included in in- on the list are top US U.S. auto executives executives executives tives for their continued affinity for dirty cars and trucks destructive cost below-cost timber sales dams of the Snake and Columbia Colum Colum- bia rivers that threaten salmon extinction subsidized overgrazing of public lands and national park concessionaires who overcharge overcharge overcharge over over- charge the federal government Americans have shown that they are concerned about environmental protection protection protection tion the Wilderness Society contends Environmentalism is under attack because because because be be- cause it it has succeeded in changing society and lifestyles for the better Frampton said Environmentalism means the free ride is over for those industries industries' and individuals that regard the public lands as their private money machine |