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Document 63 of 110.
Copyright 2000 The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch
February
13,2000, Sunday
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EDITORIAL & COMMENT, Pg. 2B
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198 words
HEADLINE:
COMMERCIAL LOGGERS DON'T BELONG IN NATIONAL FORESTS
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Clinton's announcement of a new
roadless-area
policy for national forests is a tremendous victory for preserving America's forests and should be applauded. However, we should not be under the impression that the nation's forest system is fully protected yet. Logging still greatly threatens our nation's federal forest lands. For instance, the Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act of 1998 more than doubles commercial timber extraction over two national forests in the northern Sierra Nevada.
Top scientists in the region have said the plan is likely to drive to local extinction sensitive species such as the northern goshawk and Pacific fisher, although no logging in roadless areas or strictly defined "old growth'' areas will occur.
The president and Congress should listen to the 75 percent of Americans who don't want any commercial-resource extraction from our national forests. They should protect our public lands from all destructive commercial logging by endorsing the bill that does exactly this, House Resolution 1396, the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act.
David Pearson, public lands coordinator
Buckeye Forest Council
Chillicothe, Ohio
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