61.   Bush accused the Clinton administration of creating too many new parks and expanding public lands at the expense of maintenance on existing parks and lands.

62.   Bush is emphasizing state regulations, voluntary guidelines and greater access to public lands for mining, logging, grazing and drilling.

63.   Bush wants increased drilling on public lands and broke a campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide.

64.   But critics say the measure has been laced with anti-environmental amendments, including one that would make livestock grazing the dominant use of Western public lands.

65.   But Domenici and the livestock industry backing the bill say that ranchers need protection from other groups that oppose grazing on public land.

66.   But at the end of the day, the national interest must take precedence in decisions involving the public lands.

67.   But he noted that hog trapping must continue as a management tool on public land.

68.   But Hatch still favors a small wilderness bill, saying there are oil, coal and mineral deposits on public land that are too rich to be go undeveloped.

69.   But in recent years, residents and the managers of public lands have come to regard mountain bikes as running roughshod over their land.

70.   But misuse of pesticides threatens wildlife, public lands and human health.