A special issue putting into perspective the last year’s timber sales, road building and herbicide spraying, the “threat” of RARE III and other debates over “multiple use.”


A timber man attacks deficit sales

Walter Minnick does not sound like the president of a $100 million a year international timber products industry. The Idaho businessman argues for more wilderness, an end to federal subsidies for logging road construction and increased development of the backcountry recreation industry to replace closed mills. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/16.19/download-entire-issue

The courts are now the forum for resolving forest disputes

The battle against the Forest Service’s timber practices is a dispersed guerilla war, fought on local fronts through numerous, sophisticated lawsuits. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/16.19/download-entire-issue