The Bush administration, in one of its biggest decisions on environmental issues, moved on Thursday to open up nearly a third of all remote national forest lands to road building, timbering and other commercial ventures. The new rules from the U.S. Forest Service affect the last 58.5 million acres of untouched national forests, which former President Clinton had set aside for protection, and includes some of the most pristine federal land in 38 states and Puerto Rico.

Ninety-seven percent of the land is in 12 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

What the f$(# is he thinking?