-Regional
Timber compromise
gets mixed reviews
Bv Carol Ann Kiha
Assoc iated Press
I’OK II.AM) (Al’| Km i
ronmentalists were satisfied the
one-year timber compromise
approved b\ the I S Senate on
Saturday was a short-term set
lm< k that heralds a more sensi
live approai I) to selling federal
timber.
"This is a last-ditr h attempt
by Sen (\lark| Hatfield to lore
stall the inevitable." Oregon
Natural Resources Council
spokesman Wendell Wood said
Saturday "The level of cutting
adopted by the Senate is not
sustainable."
The plan, approved as an
amendment to Interior appro
priations legislation, provides
for the sale of ■) (> billion board
feet of timber in Northwest fed
eral forests during the fiscal
year that started last Sunday
However, the compromise
expires Sept it). 1‘1‘M). at
which time the IKS Forest Ser
vice is required to have com
pleted its 10-vear management
plans
"Very clearly. ( iongress and
the agent \ ilsrlt are going to
reassess how they manage the
national forests I see the poll’ll
lial tor ns really to begin think
ing about how we can integrate
ecological and commodity val
lies.'' jerry I I ranhlin. an e\
pert on old growth forest ei olo
g\ told 77j*• (J/'egoM/u/i.
Reps I,es Au( loin, I) ()re
and Norm I) i < ks. I) Wash had
battled Reps (iheslei Atkins.
I) Mass and Rep Sidney R
Yates D ili., in i ommittee ses
sums for days to at hie\e the
version approved Saturday
"I’till one thread and the
w hole thing will unravel " An
( oin had said alter the Sept ill
session m which the linal Ian
gtiage was drafted It passed
the I louse on Tuesday
I l.ill lelil. R-Ore whose n» n
version u.is shut down earliei
In environmentalist lohhvmg
m the House. was not overU
enthusi.istu about its passage
I cannot sav that this is pei
lei t legislation, or that it is mv
prelerred approach. hut this
compromise does provide an
adequate lialance between two
i ompetmg desires the need
to protect old growth lores)
stands lor the northern spotted
owl. and the need to provide
raw materials for the wood
products industrv." Ilatlield
Wendell Wood
saul Saturday
Wood said lie. too was not
pleased with tile delads The
sales involve "in excess ol a
billion hoard leet that are in the
middle ol i rilu al owl habitat
he said "Yon can I i ontimie to
ai i eler.de the lev el of i lear i ill
ting and argue that you're pro
tei ting the spotted owl and nth
er old growth dependent wild
life species
Federal forest managers in
the Northwest already had he
gun review mg the measure
Hureaii ol l.aml Management
spokesman Kd < .iliberli said
\\ e re pleased that the dele
gallon had been sun esslul in
getting this i ompromise
through. ( diberti said It
will provide both the agent v
till Ml and the timber industry
and I think the environmen
talists a sense ol i ertaintv ovei
the next Vt'.u as to how the loi
esls are going to be managed
"I’erhaps most in) }ii > tt .1111
hopct ii 11 \ it v\ ill allow all I In
parties in this In lot us their .it
tent ion on mu planning for
the ''Ids profess which is well
under wa\ at tins I hue ( ill
herti said
I'fie i onipronnse sets tunlier
sales ipiotas ol 7 7 lidlion lent
loi the I S Idlest Sen it e and
I n Inllion bti.ird teet lor the
HIM
During 'H‘l we sold about
77.(1 million million board feet
so oilr at Inal target lor list al
'ill is at lualh I t') billion
board teet And that's roughh
our average allowable sale
quantits tor one \ e.u ( aliberli
said
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