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Plan to study effects of logging gets too complex, is downsized
Sacramento Bee ^ | April 16, 2003 | Jane Braxton Little

Posted on 04/16/2003 8:41:57 AM PDT by farmfriend

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:50:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

QUINCY -- Citing a lack of public support, the U.S. Forest Service is scaling back an aggressive plan to test the effects of different levels of logging on California spotted owls in the Plumas and Lassen national forests.

The study, originally designed as a measurable science-based assessment on 180,000 acres of federal land, will be revamped to emphasize on-the-ground activities instead of scientific rigor, said Matt Mathes, an agency spokesman.


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TOPICS: Announcements; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: environment; framework; government; logging; owls; study; trees
Too bad. I was anxious to see how this turned out.
1 posted on 04/16/2003 8:41:57 AM PDT by farmfriend
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To: Carry_Okie; forester; sasquatch; B4Ranch; SierraWasp; hedgetrimmer; christie; comwatch; ...
ping
2 posted on 04/16/2003 8:42:35 AM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
BTTT!!!!!
3 posted on 04/16/2003 8:44:17 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: farmfriend
Obviously there was a sense that the original plan had too much scientific rigor, and would conclusively prove some things that they did not want proven. So, the solution was to create a different plan -- one that would be more ... "flexible". Voila! The danger, she is gone!
4 posted on 04/16/2003 8:46:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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"We still expect good scientific information, but not as good as in the original plan," he said.

Translation: We will now be able to fudge the numbers more easily.

5 posted on 04/16/2003 8:49:26 AM PDT by rmmcdaniell
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To: ClearCase_guy
SOP - plant what you can't find.
6 posted on 04/16/2003 8:49:29 AM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
So is High School Harlot Barbie ("math is hard") now working for the forestry service?! Good to see the government maintaining their lame standards. I'm filing this in my reasons against socialized medicine ("so do you want the government that decided a comprehensive logging study was too complex deciding which medicine YOU need"... yeah that's right up there with my old road arguement).
7 posted on 04/16/2003 8:53:32 AM PDT by discostu (I have not yet begun to drink)
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So is High School Harlot Barbie ("math is hard") now working for the forestry service?!

Tsk, tsk, spouting hate speech and decades out of touch with your heterosexual bias.

We now have a GLBTQ Forest Service, and they feel their math is just fine, thank you.

8 posted on 04/16/2003 9:06:25 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by politics.)
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To: Carry_Okie
"GLBTQ"

I'm just brave dumb enuf ta ask, whuts zat stan 4?

9 posted on 04/16/2003 9:44:58 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Media Advisory: Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see!!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy; Carry_Okie; forester; Grampa Dave
"Voila! The danger, she is gone!"

"Hey Cisco, the sherrif is getting closer!"

"Oh Pancho..."

"Oh Cisco...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha."

I know none of you are old enough to remember the prelude to the old "Cisco Kid" radio show, right?

10 posted on 04/16/2003 9:51:51 AM PDT by SierraWasp (Media Advisory: Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see!!!)
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To: SierraWasp
GBLTQ = Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Questioning
11 posted on 04/16/2003 10:09:46 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Because there are people in power who are truly evil.)
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