Current Events and General Interest Bits & Pieces Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Current Events and General Interest Bits & Pieces

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Win Smith who started this subject	11/30/2002 8:26:56 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) of 603

Agency Proposes Relaxing Rules on Logging in National Forests nytimes.com [ clip ] The American Forest and Paper Association, a trade group for the forest products industry, welcomed the changes, saying they would allow forest managers to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. ``The proposal will restore common sense to the forest management process, and I don't think it will necessarily mean more tree removal,'' Michael Klein, a spokesman for the association, said. But Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife, said: ``The proposal is a brazen attempt to increase logging and help the timber industry. It closely follows the wish list of the American Forest and Paper Association.'' Mr. Schlickeisen said the proposal had been shaped by Mark Rey, the under secretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Rey was a vice president of the American Forest and Paper Association, and from 1976 to 1984, he worked for a predecessor organization. [background reading ] onrc.org fire-ecology.org emagazine.com idahoforests.org

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next