Can't see forest for lack of trees: will legislation to reform forest management satisfy timber cutters and conservationists?(includes related article)

From: Insight on the News | Date: January 6, 1997| Author: Whipple, Dan | Copyright information

The Senate subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management has developed legislation to reform and improve the management of national forests. A key provision in the bill would turn over forest management to state authorities.

Twenty years of reforms have failed to form a consensus on the future of national forests. The essence of the debate is simple: The timber industry wants to cut more trees; environmentalists want to preserve them.

The 123 national forests enc...

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