blue, I absolutely see your point.

Salazar said he was allowing the lease of 39 other parcels auctioned off in December that were not challenged in the lawsuit.
Some parcels are going ahead. What I am talking about is balance - not throwing the baby out with the proverbial bathwater. This was rushed through last-minute - and I am all for a second look to make sure that whatever land is irreversibly damaged is not really wanted.

Yes, jobs - but the natural land, too. "Bread and Roses" as the old song went.