Natural resources are a scarcity that we can ill afford to waste. In the past the government has protected our natural resources of old-growth forest. That protection has been cut by President Bush's Healthy Forest Initiative, which includes thinning of overgrown forest in the effort to protect all forestland from major forest fires. While this is an important issue that needs to be addressed, taking away all the protection leaves the sections of old-growth forest open to forest-thinning projects as well. Environmentalists are worried by this initiative. …
