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Congress delays timber decision
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IrtriK t* < omtTiittrr on \\ «*tInusday c 1«*l«»\«•«I tor otu*
(i,i\ consideration of legislation t<» ensure North
west mills an adequate timber suppK over tin*
next \» ,ir while providing some protec tion for the
region’s old-growth forests
I hr Northwest's old-grmvth forests provide .1
pi 1111,0\ luilol.it for tlie northern spotted owl
Hie delay i .tine ,is Northwest l.nvrn.ikers
sought .i ( ompfomise th.it would he,id oil .1 show
dow n in the < onlereiu e r orninittee .Hid .1 possible
I louse floor fight
Mouse nieml'ers Iron) Oregon end Washing
ton believe that while they mav have the votes to
prevail m a confercni e 1 ommitlee. the\ must not
offend Illinois Deinoi rate Kep Sidney 'r ates if
they are to w in on the floor
'1 .ites (hairs flu- Mouse interior appropria
lions subcommittee and has played a pivotal ride
in the negotiations Me said Wednesday he re
mainrd hopeful of a ( ompromi.se
We re potting the tough issues over until
tomorrow said Yates, who chairs the confer
eiu e ( ommitlee with West Virginia Sen Robert
Byrd
Yules said he received .1 telephone (.ill from
Mouse Speaker Tom I oley on Wednesday during
who h the Spokane Democrat explained the need
lor a temporary tru( e in the battle over the North
west s old growth forests
loley would prefer to avoid a messy floor
tight over .1 regional issue and has been support
ive ol the compromise talks
I feel we made .1 little progress, but there
are no agreements said Rep Norm Milks. I)
Wash "I hate to he vague hut it’s a vague situa
Pull
Among the ma|or sticking points were the
level ot timber sales planned in the region over
thr next veiir. proposed limits on fcuieral ( ourt
appeals of those timber sales, language direi ting
federal agent ies to start protecting spotted owl
habitat and the definition of old growth forests
I don't think there are any real hangups, but
the problem is there is nothing firm on the ta
hie. said Sen. Mark Hatfield. KOre
Yates has been critical of severe restrictions
on timber sales appeals and also wants to make
sure that a federal court suit in Seattle, which
challenges the l’ S Forest Service's spotted ow l
habitat management plan, is allowed to prot eed
Northwest lawmakers believe that if the for
est Service management plan were to be over
turned b\ Judge William Dwyer, virtually all log
ging in the region’s national forests would he
halted
I'hey have proposed that Congress deem the
f orest Survive plan "sufficient." but are also con
sidering ordering the forest Service to t.ike an
other look at its management plan.
father way. lawmakers believe they could
forestall a ruling in the case
With a U S Fish and Wildlife decision on
w hether to designate the spotted ow l as a threat
ened spot ies roughly a year off. lawmakers have
been searching for a way to ensure the region's
mills of ,i steady supply of timber over the next
12 months
Kiivironmentulists want to see the owl pro
tected and logging in the old-growth forest halt
ed I’hey have won a string of court victories that
at one point halted roughly half the timber sales
planned in the region's federal forests during the
current f isc al year.
Law makers insist that without restrictions on
judicial rev lew the env imnmentalists i ould con
linue to tie up timber sales and mills would start
to(lose
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