This disconcerting policy is yet another disturbing reminder of the Bush administration's attitude towards national parks — as if opening 3 million acres to logging in Alaska and seeking to approve a 700 percent increase in logging in
Oregon old growth forests wasn't enough.
Not exact matches
I was recently in
Oregon where feelings are running very high about restrictions on logging for the sake of preserving
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growth forests.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the northern spotted owl as threatened in 1990 because of the declines in
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growth forest habitat throughout its range in Washington,
Oregon and northern California.
Old, complex tropical
forests support a wider diversity of birds than second -
growth forests and have irreplaceable value for conservation, according to an
Oregon State University - led exhaustive analysis of bird diversity in the mountains of southern Costa Rica.
This concern was used as a reason to restrict logging activities in the
old growth forests of Washington and
Oregon — something which has benefitted the logging industry in neighboring British Columbia, I note.
It lives in
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growth forests in California,
Oregon and Washington, where it is threatened by logging.
Named after
Oregon's 14th governor, the park boasts 2484 acres of majestic splendor, including temperate
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growth forest, striking coastal headlands and a secluded sandy beach.
Kelsey takes us on a journey from the crest of
Oregon's lush
old growth forests on the crest of the Cascades to the state's rugged coastline.
Part of the answer is right here in
Oregon's towering
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growth forests.
Bush Administration Seeks to Approve 700 % Logging Increase in
Oregon's
Old -
Growth Forests With multiple logging and deforestation acts being permitted by the Bush administration sometimes it can be hard to keep track of the amount of damage to our forests Bush has a
Forests With multiple logging and deforestation acts being permitted by the Bush administration sometimes it can be hard to keep track of the amount of damage to our
forests Bush has a
forests Bush has allowed.
In a move to protect endangered species, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Thursday that his department had reversed a Bush administration decision to double the amount of logging allowed in and around
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growth forests in western
Oregon.