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Currently 20 entries. July 12, 2004 - Sierra Club Press June 25, 2004 - Vermont and New Hampshire April 28, 2004 - I'm going to hurl April 19, 2004 - Graduate Studies, Misc April 15, 2004 - Graduate Studies January 29, 2004 - Prime news. August 7, 2003 - Math club goes camping. July 12, 2003 - England, Sweden, Norway May 28, 2003 - Movement 2003 (DEMF) May 18, 2003 - GO!! May 15, 2003 - More than one Matrix May 13, 2003 - The Matrix (row echeloned) April 30, 2003 - Diabetic for two years April 30, 2003 - Valborg, Finished with Exams April 21, 2003 - Go / Exams / Misc March 25, 2003 - AfroCelt / School / Misc March 2, 2003 - KWRU January 20, 2003 - March on Washington D.C. January 7, 2003 - New Year's Eve January 6, 2003 - Two years ago today |  |
July 12, 2004 - Sierra Club Press
I recently read Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods", a great book if you haven't heard of it. Besides being a comical guide to an attempted through-hike on the Appalachian Trail, Bryson's book is an eye-opener to environmental issues regarding forest wildlife and plantlife. I highly recommend this book. But, just as I finish the book, I go online and come across CNN's take on the Bush Administration's logging policies. Basically, let's cut down the forests to protect them from fire. Anyway, here's the Sierra Club's official press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8 , 2004 CONTACT: Ivan Maluski 503-243-6656, x304 Annie Strickler (202) 675-2384 Bush Administration's Final Biscuit Logging Decision in Southern Oregon Statement of Ivan Maluski, Oregon Chapter Sierra Club forest policy staff "The Bush administration today announced its final decision to log across vast roadless areas, old growth forest reserves and sensitive salmon watersheds in southwestern Oregon's Siskiyou mountains. The 'Biscuit Fire Recovery Project' targets over 30 square miles of public lands for destructive logging, amounting to the biggest timber sale in the modern history of the US Forest Service. Despite receiving over 20,000 public comments opposing the extreme level of logging promoted by the Bush administration, the Biscuit logging project will cut 80 percent of its volume from the most sensitive roadless areas and old growth forest reserves. "Roughly 20 percent of the logging, much of it in old growth forest reserves set aside under the Northwest Forest Plan, will move forward immediately after timber is sold next week under new Healthy Forests Initiative 'emergency situation' logging authorities. "The Bush administration has overruled mainstream Oregonians who want protection for roadless areas, old growth forests, watersheds and wild salmon. Now they've declared a fake emergency designed to cut the public out of the process for the benefit of big timber. "There is considerable scientific evidence that 'salvage logging' increases erosion, impairs streams and other wildlife habitat, causes additional damage to forests made more fragile by fires, and can actually increase fire risk due to the buildup of hazardous fuel and slash left by logging operations. In fact, trees downed by forest fires provide habitat for wildlife and nutrients needed to help keep forests healthy.". |
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