About 100 column inches by Joby Warrick and Juliet Eilperin, datelined Parachute, Co., justify the reporters' third paragraph assessment that "With few exceptions, the changes decisively favor energy development at a cost of reduced protections for some of the country's last wild spaces." The Bush administration's "environmental record marked by extraordinary controversy" has environmentalists reeling and industry trade groups and political conservatives celebrating, they report in a "Bush Record/The Environment" front-pager. A graphic points to a half-dozen initiatives dealing with mercury, national forests, wetlands, climate change, diesel emissions, and the administration's "clear skies" legislative effort. An especially helpful graphic portrays "Wilderness by the Numbers," contrasting Bush II records against those of Presidents going back to Lyndon Johnson. Stated simply, Bush's numbers don't add up in a way that would impress those concerned with conservation. "It's our obligation to use the land wisely, and sometimes not to use it at all," Council on Environmental Quality Chair James L. Connaughton insists, praising "a strong commitment to preserving roadless areas."