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Watt's wilderness bill argument continues
The article reports James Watt’s Meet the Press remarks proposing to bar drilling, mining, and timber-cutting on wilderness lands through year 2000, a reversal from his earlier 20 year lease extension plan. Environmentalists call it a sham while Watt aides insist critics fundraise from him, citing the press coverage as a triumph. Watt framed wilderness areas as special lands to be preserved in their natural state.
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Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Washington
James Watt
NBC
Meet the Press
Watt
Interior Department
William Turnage
The
Wilderness Society
Waitt
Turnage
Joseph McCarthy