Regional
Scientific report reignites spotted owl debate
U ASHINCTON (AI’) Srvrr.il him
died l' S lorest Servile employees .irr
• inning those who hope .1 scientific rr
port to l>r released Urdnrsd.iv will rri
nmineiid r.idii . < I i h.inges in limiter (ill
ling pin ns In proter t the norlhern spot
led owl
The inter.igrni v report will hr rr
viewed during .1 s|in nil joint hr.irmg o(
I hr I louse Agrn 111111 n- Sulx onnnitlrr on
Forests I .imilv I .unis .mil Fnrrgv .rnd
the Interior .mil Insulnr Aff.iirs Subcom
mittee on N.ilioniil I’.irks .mil I'ultlii
I .mils
Iiin ironmenl.disls want the ow l listed
.is .111 endiingeird spri irs hul i rilii s ol
the el lot I s.i\ 11 1 oil Id ( ripple I hr I'.n du
Northwest's ei niimm hv h.dving the
.illMHinl ol tinihei logged in the legion's
nnliotiid forests
I he Assik idlloll ol I nil's! Srrv n e I,ill
plovers loi l.iiv ironmenl.il I tliii s .e.hed
I ongrrss in ,1 rei nil letter to en.u I .i
moratorium on logging and develop
men! m mix remaining old growth for
esls
|eff Ifeitonis president ol the f tigene
li.tsril group and former I'ori-st Servile
worker .il Willamette National forest
said the l ores! Nervii e is failing in its
mission to protect and manage pilbln
lands
Right now our national forests are
not being managed in an ei ologicallx
sustain.ible manner and will continue
to lie degraded 111 a non sustainable
manner even under most of the new hu
esl [dans he said
About 1 .dot) of tin i.Utlt) members in
llie ethics group tormed last \ear an
past, present or retired forest Neiviie
emploxees Ifeltoucs said About l.tltto
t urrently work for the agi m \ In- said
I knew there Were a lot ol people
who were dissatisfied with the wax the
forests ate being managed, Ikdfonis
said m a telephone itiler \ lew
Hr said tile nrganizatIon has received
much support among follow forest Ser
vin' workers ami surprisingly little criti
i ism from agent v administrators
I hev (administrators) have been
quite neutral, whit h I think is tai it sup
port I espei ted it to be a lot more nega
live " lie said
About peri eiit of the group's mem
bership is in ( logon. 1H pen ent in I .ill
foinia 11 pen ent in Washington. H)
pen ent in Montana and 7 pen ent in
Idaho Heliums said Nearly every stale
is represented he said
l he i.oiigie-.smnal hearing scheduled
Wednesdax will otter the liist publii
glimpse of the siienlilii panel's report
on the status of the northern spotted
owl
The I S Fish and Wildlife Servile
which will dei ide in June whether to
list the owl as threatened or endan
gered extended its i omuient period this
month tost so it i mild receive the pan
el's tec ommendal ion
The c omnuttee led In I orest Servic e
biologist lack Thomas met in Portland
last month with l ores! Nervine c.hiet I
Dale Robertson Human of Land Man
agement director (a lamison John
I urner ot the I ish and W ildlife Service
and Jim Ridenour ot the National Park
Serve e
Robertson said following'that meeting
lie expects the pallid will rec ommeml
the lores! Service hail logging in more
old growl ll forests to protec I the end He
told ( iingress in recent weeks ii the owl
is declared endangered it could reduce
c uts in national Inrests In tt) peri cut to
ill pen flit
lndnstr\ oflicials said listing ol the
owl would have an immediate impact
on the economies of Oregon and Wash
inglon. es pec i.i 11 \ smaller c onurumities
that are heavih dependent on the tun
hei harvest
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Democrats disgusted
with timber position
ROSi m KC (M'| Demo
i i.ilu iif I ii i ‘In i It iris from l mi
I it11 |irtit)ui mu areas arc blast
iin; aw .is at an (fregon I )cinti
i i.itit Parts piaMtit in plank that
limes a ban nil lugging 111 tiiil
grow tli forests
The resolution ssas adopted
Sundav bs stale Democrats at a
platform convention in Sea
side
Senate ('resident |ohn
kit/liaber ItKiiseburg is
among the Democrat)! leaders
i i it it a /mg Ins pal ts s stance
It s one of a number of rath
or irresponsible positions that
convention came up with." he
saiti "I'm pist not sure the po
sit mils taken h\ the t unveiilioii
ret lei t the positions of rank
and tile Deintit lats at mss the
state
Democrats should be looking
lot middle ground on the tim
ber issue, kit/h.lber saiti
I don t think we should go
mil mil lav waste to everv stn k
ol till! growth m our forests
lie saiti Hut shutting down
the industry is not the an
su er
I was verv disappointed hv
it said Kep Norm (lershon.
I) Ktisehurg "I love im partv
hut there's times I disagree
w ith it and this is ( eitamlv
one ot those times
fie saiti the resol lit it ill re
lift Is an extremist position
Hut lues tit the i (invention at
tnin alsu sav lliev doubt if it
will i ost them votes m the No
v embei general elet lion
Portions of previous parti
platforms have not reflet ted po
sitions held In mam Demo
i r.its. (,rishon said
Si'll Peg 11 > I ill. I) ( !ot t .114**
('■rove said ilir platform will
mil hurt her re i-lri tiim hid be
1 ausr voters hi mu her views on
tiiilhei issues
Kupublu ,111s u ill 11 \ to pm
tlic old growth logging ban 011
all I Jt'iuoi rats, not just those
u ho support the part\ s pijsi
11011 ]o1111 said ' ! r.inhiv it
pist doesn't work. she s.iid
"I oiks know bette 1
An ungrv Rep |im U bitty I)
I 00s Hay. said That just goes
to show \ou what we re tail'd
with, those oi us who are from
plates like mv district and east
of the mountains, d dial s the
k iild ol propiisal the I Vmot nils
would support
I here's no wav anything
like that would pass the House
of Representatives Ulnttv
said.
A group billing itself as an
assot lalion of grass roots ai.tiv
ists i ailed the Demai rain plat
form .11 turn "a slap in the lat e
to the working people ol Ore
gon."
"We've novel made this a
partisan issue, hut the Demo
i rats now give us no choii e but
to |u 11i our votes and 1 ampaigii
contributions." said Oregon
Hinds Coalition spokeswoman
1 febbie Milov of Mill ( itv
She said coalition members
are calling on Democrats to let
partv leaders know they won't
support i undulates who on
dorse the ".no-jobs, no-logging
position "
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