[smokingfrog]

       Those damn lumberjack owls.

[JerseyJohn61]

I hope it makes these activists happy the next time an over
mature forest goes up in flames, taking thousands of acres,
all the wildlife and possibly some locals and smoke-eaters
with it.

JJ61

[rfp1234]

...U.S. Forest Service failed to take a hard look at the environmental impacts of changing the rule to make it easier to cut down forest habitat of species such as the spotted owl and salmon...

"If you do not appease us, you will be forced to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest...with a herring salmon!"

[blueplum]

and plywood goes up to $25/sheet

[VeniVidiVici]

Oregon has the 2d highest unemployment rate in the US.

I wonder why?

[Islander7]

Wilken, Claudia Ann

Born 1949 in Minneapolis, MN

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California

Nominated by William J. Clinton on October 7, 1993, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089;
Confirmed by the Senate on November 20, 1993, and received commission on November 22, 1993.

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1983-1993

Education:
Stanford University, B.A., 1971

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1975

Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of California, 1975-1978
Private practice, Berkeley, California, 1978-1984
Adjunct professor, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1978-1984
Professor, New College School of Law, 1980-1985

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Female

[the_devils_advocate_666]

193 million acres

So logging on a few million acres will endanger the poor owls because they'll only have maybe, oh, 180 million acres to live on?