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  • Senators to pursue exemptions for tree thinning

    08/01/2002 11:56:17 PM PDT · by kattracks · 25 replies · 316+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 8/02/02 | Audrey Hudson
    <p>Republican and Democratic senators yesterday said they will aggressively pursue legislation to allow the thinning of trees in forests threatened by catastrophic wildfires.</p> <p>The measure would allow exemptions from environmental laws and court appeals and is modeled after a spending-bill amendment attached by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle for the Democrat's home state of South Dakota.</p>