Pristine areas of the West are again preserved

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reinstates a policy that was ditched during the Bush administration, but the new classification does not protect the lands permanently.Restoring a policy abandoned by the George W. Bush administration, the top Interior official on Thursday gave the agency that manages 245 million acres of public land the authority to temporarily protect pristine areas of the West.

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