January 24, 2010
The Register-Guard
Logging federal lands requires a fresh approach
By Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin
Heaven and hell are both tied up in the future of Bureau of Land Management forestry in Oregon.
Early last summer, an episode of “Think Out Loud,” the Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show, was devoted to the Obama administration’s withdrawal of the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision — the WOPR. Amid a lively exchange, a timber industry representative burst out, “You can’t thin your way to heaven!” To which an environmental representative immediately countered ...
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