The last frontier. (timber salvage provision of the 1995 rescission bill)(Currents)

From: E | Date: September 1, 1996| Author: Semmes, Anne W. | Copyright information

Environmentalists have accused the logging industry of abusing the timber salvage provision of the 1995 rescission bill. They contend that the so-called 'salvage rider' has allowed loggers to cut virtually all the trees in several protected areas.

The 'Salvage Rider' Isn't Saving Forests, It's Decimating Them

"The timber wars are happening all over again," says Bonnie Phillips of The Pilchuck Audubon Society in northwest Washington state. Two years after President Clinton...

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