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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
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A federal judge has rolled back the Bush
administration’s rollback of the Northwest Forest
Plan’s old-growth forest "survey and manage" rules
by Tony Barboza,
Sep 05, 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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The battle over Northwestern old-growth forests is raging
again, but behind the scenes, some locals are trying to make
peace
by Greg Hanscom,
Sep 27, 2004
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Ecologists working for the city of Seattle, Wash., are
trying to make the second-growth forest of the Cedar River
Watershed function ecologically like an old-growth forest
by David Williams,
May 10, 2004
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Scientists have finally found a way to save the white pine
from blister rust – but finding space in the forest to plant
new trees is proving almost as difficult
by Mark Matthews,
Oct 13, 2003
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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.
by Julie Elliott,
May 27, 2002
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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.
by Robyn Morrison,
May 08, 2000
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A land swap set up by Plum Creek Timber Co., the Forest
Service and eight environmental groups will protect some of the
last old growth remaining in Washington's Gifford Pinchot National
Forest.
by Ali Macalady,
Nov 22, 1999
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Federal Judge William Dwyer has blocked nine major timber
sales, saying that the Forest Service and the BLM have failed to
protect rare animal and plant species in old-growth forest, as
required under the Northwest Forest Plan.
by Tim Westby,
Aug 16, 1999
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