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Wildfires cannot be entirely prevented by logging or anything else, but small-scale prescribed burns can help make them less destructive.
by Roy Keene and Tim Hermach,
Jun 21, 2011
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Dan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging
sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it
provoked
by Erin Halcomb,
May 28, 2007
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If we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the
rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage
logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be
measured in board-feet alone
by Pepper Trail,
Dec 25, 2006
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A group of scientists at Oregon State University’s
College of Forestry publish a controversial study saying salvage
logging may actually slow forest recovery
by Sarah Gilman,
Feb 06, 2006
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With the Forest Service’s Biscuit Fire salvage
logging program acknowledged to be a failure, Oregon Reps. Greg
Walden and Gordon Smith want to speed up future post-fire
logging
by Emma Brown,
Oct 17, 2005
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Forest Service accidentally cuts a designated botanical
area in southwest Oregon; California, New Mexico and Oregon sue
Bush administration over repeal of Roadless Rule; Utah won’t
let group test Great Salt Lake fish for mercury; BLM admits grazing
regs need more work
by Jodi Peterson,
Sep 19, 2005
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Despite angry environmentalists, rotting timber, and
unenthusiastic logging companies, the Bush administration is
determined to push logging on roadless land burned by the Biscuit
Fire in southwestern Oregon
by Kathie Durbin,
May 16, 2005
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A judge rules against a plan to salvage-log old-growth
wood from the Timbered Rock Fire in Oregon, and the ruling could
affect other proposed fire sales in old-growth forests
by Paul Fattig,
Dec 06, 2004
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BLM raises mining claim fees; scientists sign report
criticizing Bush administration’s misuse of science; Biscuit
Fire salvage logging plan criticized by timber industry; and the
wrong waste has been going to WIPP
by Laura Paskus,
Aug 02, 2004
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The large-scale salvage logging planned for the Biscuit
Fire area in southern Oregon and Northern California marks the
first time logging has been approved on land previously protected
by the Roadless Rule
by Dan Wilcock,
Jun 21, 2004
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