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  • California, environmental groups sue to block Sierra national forest plan

    02/01/2005 9:07:22 PM PST · by SmithL · 8 replies · 297+ views
    AP ^ | 2/1/5 | DON THOMPSON
    SACRAMENTO -- California's attorney general joined environmental groups Tuesday in suing the federal government to block its plan to manage 11.5 million acres of Sierra National Forest, which calls for increased logging. The lawsuits argue there is no scientific justification for the Forest Service to change a plan for managing the forest that was approved in the final days of the Clinton administration. . . .
  • Northwest Forest Plan Still Stirs Debate

    04/12/2004 10:21:07 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 1 replies · 96+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | 4/12/04 | Matthew Daly - AP
    WASHINGTON - Ten years after it was adopted to cool a conflict over logging of old-growth trees, the Northwest Forest Plan still provokes hot debate. The Clinton administration signed the landmark plan on April 13, 1994, to settle lawsuits brought by environmentalists and bring a level of peace in a battling region. The plan sharply reduced logging on 24 million acres of federal land in Washington, Oregon and northern California to protect the northern spotted owl, salmon and other threatened species. At the same time, it promised a sustainable supply of timber — including some from older, more commercially valuable...