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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (9967)10/17/1998 9:40:00 PM
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I have to agree with most of your comments on old growth timber. I swung a ho-dad (tree planting tool) for a couple of years back in the early seventies. Some of the lumber sites had been replanted several times before my crew got there with not much success, and I'm generally against clear cutting because whether you are an environmentalist or not the only ones who benefit from this is the lumber company doing the cutting. The cost of recovery doesn't justify it. Forest cutting is often under specific contract, and the bidder who can get the most board feet at the least cost wins. They don't encumber the cost of recovery and regrowth though. So to tax payer's it is a rip off.

When I read the earlier post, I understood this issue involved infestation of the pine bark beetle. That is a different story.

<<For the most part, it's not a renewable resource,...>
What? If you are talking about the lumber industry in the NW, for the most part it is a renewable resource. Or, is this bill about some specific old growth areas?
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