Results for keyword: Logging
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Life in the transition zone
Longtime community activist and HCN board member Luis Torres is delighted to see environmentalists and loggers working together in the forests of his native northern New Mexico
by Paul Larmer, Oct 30, 2006 -
Clinton-era roadless rule is back... for now
A federal judge has reinstated President Clinton’s roadless rule protecting forests in the Lower 48 states, but the decision seems to have only confused the issue of forest management and is likely to end up back in court
by Evan Tea, Oct 16, 2006 -
How do you enter a roadless area?
The writer criticizes the Bush administration for ignoring public sentiment and rushing to log potential wilderness areas
by Pepper Trail, Sep 11, 2006 -
Gutsy science wins the day
The writer praises an Oregon graduate student who defied the conventional wisdom on salvage logging — and counts the cost to those who tried to censor his work
by Carla Wise, Sep 04, 2006 -
Cooking up a whopper on federal land in Oregon
The writer says logging companies and the Forest Service have targeted the last of the big old trees
by Pepper Trail, Jun 26, 2006 -
A law born from the ashes
In George W. Bush’s Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate, authors Jacqueline Vaughn and Hanna Cortner demonstrate that under Bush, "there has been a rollback of environmental standards and regulations."
by Renee Guillory, Apr 17, 2006 -
National Fire Plan vs. the Healthy Forests rule changes
The National Fire Plan, the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act are explained and compared
by Kathie Durbin, Apr 17, 2006 -
Slim margins
Loggers say forest-restoration work, which involves the thinning and cutting of small, skinny trees, doesn’t bring in much money
by Kathie Durbin, Apr 17, 2006 -
The War on Wildfire
President Bush says the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Initiative were needed to fight wildfire, but several years into the new rules, critics question whether the changes they brought were helpful or even necessary
by Kathie Durbin, Apr 17, 2006 -
Oregon’s academic food fight in the cafeteria of ideas
The writer says a study of salvage logging by graduate students has shaken up both the conventional wisdom and Oregon State University
by Russell Sadler, Feb 13, 2006
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