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  • Fear of research

    Forest Service caves in to loggers protesting University of Washington study of old growth canopy.

  • Debt for nature swap

    Conservationists try to save old-growth redwood grove by having government take it for Maxxam's savings and loan debt.

  • First offering of Westside plan is "worst'

    The planned Sugarloaf timber sale in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest provokes ire among conservationists.

  • One down, three to go

    Ecotrust works to save forests by encouraging sensible economic development.

  • Judge hints that Clinton's forest plan is dead

    The Option Nine forest plan may be sent back for revision for more owl and salmon protection.

  • Grim reading

    Six scientific groups report that the Eastside forests are in terrible shape.

  • Option 9 survives

    Judge upholds Clinton administration's Option 9 plan for forest management.

  • Forest activists retrench and grope for support

    Pessimism and anxiety mark the fourth Western Ancient Forest Conference in Ashland, Ore.

  • Woody leviathans

    Robert Van Pelt's book, "Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast," talks about the unique, large old trees along the Pacific Coast, and his experiences searching for them.

  • Logging doesn't cut it

    The video "Ancient Forests: The Power of Place" is designed to educate people to the harm done by logging in the Northwest's old-growth forests.

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