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A new study shows that logging communities received little
of the economic help promised to them when the timber industry
collapsed in the Northwest during the 1990s
by Michael Milstein,
Feb 17, 2003
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Hit hard by reduced federal timber harvests, Pacific
Northwest communities now learn that President Bush wants to
eliminate the $12.5 million Forest Service budget that would have
assisted them with fire season and watershed restoration.
by Larry Swisher,
May 13, 2002
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Overwhelmed by development in this bedroom community near
Seattle, the town of Snoqualmie finds an ally in the Evergreen
Forest Trust, which has purchased a huge tree farm that will enable
logging to continue, and block sprawl.
by Dave Wortman,
May 13, 2002
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In many Western communities, forest workers are quietly
converting their skills from industrial logging to forest
restoration.
by Jane Braxton Little,
Apr 01, 2002
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North Fork, Calif., and other struggling timber towns
resent the fact that the Framework places survival of the owl above
survival of the logging industry.
by Chris Smith,
Aug 27, 2001
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A new law is intended to give former timber counties
federal tax money for schools and roads, without using the funds to
increase logging.
by Rebecca Clarren,
Nov 06, 2000
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A hike through the old growth of Olympic National Park
with former millworker Jim Podlesny reveals more than one way to
look at a giant Douglas-fir, and also at the life of a one-time
logging community.
by Craig Childs,
Sep 27, 1999
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The controversial forest management plan put together by
the Quincy Library Group in California is signed into law without
much fanfare, as members of the consensus group brace for the next
round of fighting over the forest.
by Jane Braxton Little,
Nov 09, 1998
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Former Curry County, Ore., commissioner Peg Reagan has
founded a grassroots group, the Conservation Leaders Network, to
work on environmental issues and break the connection between
county coffers and federal timber contracts.
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Oct 26, 1998
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Rio Arriba County, N.M., a pro-logging area, passes a
far-reaching law to mandate environmentally responsible
logging.
by Deborah Begel,
Oct 12, 1998
