Editorial Ban on redwoods must be permanent It doesn't happen ver\ often, but sometimes public opinion c an swav elec ted officials’ opinions and even make! them < hange their ntinds Almost three weeks ago many Oi gonians were hoi i it led to learn the last remaining redwood trees in the state wen* to he cut down 1’he Grapevine. ,i H7 ac re parcel of old grow th redwood in the ( hole o Rang ei Distrit I was due to he sold to loggers Redwoods once ranged from central California all the wa\ up to Oregon Most of the California trees le mam primarily through the work of private orgam/a lions, Imt of .ill tire redwoods that were once in Ore gon. only four pert ent remain todav The Oregon redwoods would have been harvested under a "compromise" hill approved h\ last year's I S Congress The legislation set a timber sale level of 110 million board feet lor tins vear. That level < ouldn’t have been reached without cutting down the Oregon redwoods Itnt happilv. that isn't going to happen at least not in the near future. After the decision was an nounced. Rep Peter Del azio (l)-Ore). Sen). Mark Hat field (R-Ore) and large1 numbers of private citizens pressured Siskivou National forest Supervisor Ron McCormick to reverse his decision. None of the people; who convinced McCormick to i hnnge his mind sees this us a permanent solution. The moratorium is not permanent, even though the1 imme diate danger to the mdvvoods is over Del1 azio is the real hero of this \ ictory. He1 is argu able the most environmentally conscious representa tive in Congress today, lie worked hard to protect olrl growth stands throughout the1 state, and his lobbying for the redwoods was unsurpassed I'.ven Hatfield trieel to p rot net the reef woods, though his support of the redwoods wasn't as vigorous as Del azio s Hut it was support nonetheless. Hatfield has been at i used in rei ent months of being insensitive to environmental issues, and was heavilv e rilie izeel by Ills c oustituents HopelulU . this means a change in his •tit it iiefi!. Although this is a win for environmentalists it is not a total vi< lory. To ipiote an old e In lie, they won a battle but the war is still up for grabs Lawmakers and forestry officials should listen to the public and strive to make; the ban on old growth redwood logging permanent The moratorium can be lifted at any time, and if that happens, opponents will fae:e another light just like the one hist week Until a permanent solution to the old growth ques tion is found. Oregonians will face battles on every si rap of timberland the logge-rs want to cut down. It's high time for it to stop. POLLS OPPOSE ' TAXES. i I’LL VOTE | AGAIMST TME.Nl. / pA\ /on uO rMvL/K ABORT iONi. !’LL VOTE FOR a I.? if fpa.is favor^ limiting : CONGRESSIONAL V TERMS. J SOMETIMES A MAM WAS TO RXLOO MIS CONSCIENCE. J BPA should listen to residents' concerns Il happens ever\ so often. Instead of a major i ompain doing what it wants to do. piihlii outcry is so great the compain lias to sit and listen The Ifl’A says it needs to build .1 at 1(1,(100'volt power line limn its substation in (mslien to the Lane substation outside west Lugene It built straight through, the line and its 1 to loot lowers would < ut across the < it\ s south lulls and the prnpert\ ol the area's residents The I’ortlandbased utilil\ li.is loin routes in mind (or the towers The tavored \ route billows the existing 2 10.00(1 volt line; it is preferred In the 1 ompain because land alre1 |.m !~| That's lunnv hei iiuse I always thought the Ciliversitv newsp.i per was .i pl.it e when- anyone's opinion would lie appropriate hut I guess |ai ksun knows a lot more about journalism than I do I guess Hughes needs to speak his opinion against ills i rimmation a little louder tl the only conclusion Jackson can come to is that "Hughes won't rest until everyone turns gay or lesbian I really don't need to com rnent on the last paragraph of Phil Zuckerman's letter [ODE. Page l j.in it!) as (heap shots like those usunlh sa\ more .iboot lliu purson stating tlirui than the potson tho\ .in' iliii'i li'il al I do agron that vor\ tow poo plo. ll illlV IISO till' lot III Sill k as a dorognlurv statomont against gays Hut win is it so farfeti hod that tlit* torm ' \on sink could havo originalh boon a put-down against homo si'Mials-’ I ho Host (piostion is v\h\ is it so tarlott hod for .1 ho unisexual to possihh ho ot fondml' What it vou sink had orig inallv hoi'ii a rat 1 si torm. would thorn havo hoon so mot h 1:0111 plaining about tho minority in dividual who pointotl it out? I doubt it Stophon Thomas Fine and Applied Arts Real solutions I road with interest tho |an 17 article about the IH’A high voltage power line routing pm pose I I In- South Mills rt-si dents .in- justified in their eon reins about the health and aes thelii eifei Is ol high voltage power lines I lie stage seems to he set tin muting the new power lines in the rural areas Aflei all as Lane t !uuntv (lommissioner |ei rv Kust mdu aled the urban de main) tor power in I he Kiigene area requires Ul’A to route the lines somew here Must people are not. per haps, aware that loxii herhi i ides are regularh spraved .ill along power line routes, mi grating into groundwater and watersheds, and poisoning na tive vegetation and wildlife, that a power line route amounts to a 20-or-so-feet wide r lean ut swath that mart lies at ross the landscape for miles Is this what we want for our country side and vvildlands7 Instead of limiting the ques tion to "Where do we put the new. bigger power lines." why iiol ask llii' HI’A him iu,i n\ | > i j vale or inminuiiih si/.i*il alter il.iti\powei generators (solar, u mil wilti'i geothermal, meth .iin■ i't< | i mild hi- 111listi in tfil with tin' miliums ol dollars they mm plan to s|>i'iid on now pirn or linos' As our planet s e< olngit al i i isis lii-i mill's dearer. vvi1 must look lor ri-al solutions to mu problems Mon' and widfi mails morf deforestation and bigger. mori- orolugii ally harmful power lines are not the answer to a healthy, sustain able future tor out spei ies It is time we take a serious look at real, workable alternatives and ask ourselves (and our elei ted officials! "whs not Karen Wood Eugene Frivolous Is everyone tired of stone washed jeans vet? Seen enough fake wear-and-tear? I think so. for some very serious reasons I urge you to vow never to buy a pair of slum- washed anything ever again, ami In urge every nne vim know to bust nil stone uashed fashion .is uell U 11\ ■' The reason is far awa\ hilt is real nonetheless In northern \'eu Mexico, in a re mote and beautiful mountain range sai red to the I’uehlo bull ails, federal forest lands are be mg sold i lean til and sti ip mined to get the stone used in the stone washing of leans The area being gouged is as beaut! till as any land von have ever seen, and Us importance to the Pueblo Indians cannot he tin derest diluted Oregonians can help foster New Mexico Native American religious freedom and environ mental protection by boycott ing stone washed clothing starting today. Tell your friends far and wide to join you. and together we can stop the frivo lous destruction of the )emez Mountains. Tom Ribe Graduate Student Thursday, lanuary 25. 1990