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  • OR: Report says salvage logging resulted in financial losses for Forest Service

    10/04/2006 10:18:49 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 287+ views
    ap on San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 10/4/06 | Matthew Daly - ap
    WASHINGTON – The federal government spent nearly $11 million to salvage timber from an Oregon wildfire in 2002, yet it stands to get less than $9 million from selling the wood, congressional investigators say. The Bush administration and its Republican allies in Congress have said lawsuits filed by environmentalists caused delays that added to the cost of the fire. The report by the Government Accountability Office acknowledged that the delays cost money, but said the administration's decision to dramatically increase logging, coupled with the size of the fire and the complexity of environmental laws, were actually to blame for the...