"10 miles in any direction" is a roadless area of at least 314 sq. miles or ~196,000 acres.

That sounds like something worth keeping intact.

At the end of it all, what we continually honor in this country, across the generations is what we leave behind - as opposed to what we use up. Be it battlefields, or national parks, or wilderness areas, or salmon runs; those are legacies that define our nation.

The Bush Adminstration's proposals for maximum exploitation are simply Un-American, and it's time to call them exactly for what they are!