Posted on 07/03/2008 7:27:22 PM PDT by jazusamo
What a load. Last I heard (which was in 2002), 70% of the USFS budget is for legal costs.
That’s what I thought. I was on that thread also. Was it firmly established that it was the Forks of the Salmon or was it speculation?
You’re right, the industry has about folded up shaken out.
There, fixed it. The bones are cheap to pick. In other industries, they call it "consolidation." I call it "corporate fascism," all under the Cheshire Cat poker face of an AF&PA lobbyist.
My guess is things are just about ready for Weyerheauser to "make a comeback." Give it about five more years or until they're done with Canada and we'll be hearing about it in the Wall Street Journal.
This is HUGE news, major!!!
Thanks for the ping Jaz.
This article makes a point about how important it is for the American people (the ones too busy watching American Idol to vote) to think long and hard about who they elect, and who appoints judges.
I am confused on those payments. I live in Josephine County, and the local paper said the county payments were stripped from the last bill they sent, so we won’t get any funding.
But then Goordon Smith gave an interview in which he said he expects the payments to be extended in September.
Ed
Good. Next, they need to decide on oil drilling.
Absolutely, Girl, this is huge. Especially for the people in the wood products business out west here, what’s left of it.
It’ll be interesting to see what’s going to happen cuz like you say, it won’t happen real soon.
It’ll also be interesting to hear the enviro nuts go crazy and listen to their bilge but probably won’t hear much from them for a few days because of the 4th.
“The unanimous decision by 11 judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was written by Milan D. Smith Jr., the brother of Republican Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon. The ruling by such a panel is known as an “en banc” decision and is the highest level of court review short of the Supreme Court.”
Thanks so much jazusamo. For some of the counties in the High Sierra’s of California this will be a big help.....thinking of Plumas County, Lassen County and Sierra County. These folks definitely deserve the break that the Supreme Court ruling will allow.
Mahalo
This is amazing. The environ_MENTAL_ISTS must be going nutz.
It really is and I sure hope they are. :)
Good! Although they already are !!
I got hold of a book a few years back, Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests by George Gruell, and the differences he pointed out show how piss-poor we've maintained our public lands. You do realise that Canada will not be too pleased with this decision and the potential change to their exports, don't you? :^)
Good point, brit. Canada won’t be happy at all about this. LOL!
If all else fails, maybe they can resurrect the lynx. ;^)
This is about the third decent ruling to come out of the Ninth Circuit Court in the last few weeks. This is some sort of record, for the last three or so decades.
Simply amazing. What’s up?
I hope it spreads east The forest service here has been tied up in court for years and hasn't let a logging job out.
THIS is the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals?!?!
Thanks.
What happened ?
We defied well-established law concerning the deference we owe to agencies and their methodological choices. Today, we correct those errors.
The unanimous decision by 11 judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Talked to my sister who was visiting in Vancouver, lots of ghost towns up there because housing construction has stopped. Is there going to be clear cutting without replacement planting of harvest wood? I understand the value of wood, I love it and want to retire in a 3 room log home, but I also hate clear-cutting. There has to be responsible forestry practices implemented all around. I always wondered why some trees weren’t left to reforest, or why not burn the scraps left on the hills to generate new growth. Guess I just haven’t studied enough, or like the dairy corporations that milk cows three times a day, shortening the life of a dairy cow from 10 yrs to 3 yrs, its all about money.
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