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The Wicked Witch of the West

Harriet Hageman could be roadless proponents' worst nightmare.
News - November 06, 2009 by Ray Ring
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Sidebar to the Nov. 9 cover story: Roadless-less, by Ray Ring. Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman likes to dress in black and is proud of the Halloweenish title. She says an environmentalist bestowed it on her years ago in an angry letter to the editor. Hageman has been the fiercest and most effective opponent of the Clinton roadless forest rule. From 2001 to 2003, she worked for Wyoming's government as an "outside counsel" shaping the state's lawsuit against the roadless rule. It was largely her research and arguments that persuaded Judge Clarence Brimmer to throw out the rule. Hageman grew up on a ranch and has a University of Wyoming law degree. She also handles cases for ranchers and other traditional Wyoming interests. The way she worked the roadless case is enough to give enviros nightmares about her flying at them on a broom. This timeline shows the tenacity of

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