Timber industry says new plan is for the birds
WASHINGTON
(A11) Tim For ns t
Servirc udoplrd u
new plan to prolix I
thn norlhnrn spot
led owl WVdrmsd.iv,
lull lh«! timber Industry said it will (ust
too many )(il». und environmentalists
said it is not strong nnough to savn thit
l>ird from extinction
Oeorge l.ismard, the service's assoti
a to chief, told Tlw Drryuniun the agon
cy was implementing the strategy first
offered in April 1990 by Forest Servile
biologist )ock Ward Thomas and a panel
ol government si lenlists
Adoption of the plan comes in re
spouse to a federal court order that had
shut down logging on .ill Northwest na
tloiutl forests with spotted owls, based
on what the court called the Toresl Ser
vice's violation of environmental law s
Industry leaders said the I hoinas plan
is overly restrictive, halloing logging
across millions of Hires of Northwest
foresis and cutting >he region's annual
timber harvests to about half the tradi
tion.ll level
"We are extremely disappointed that
the lores! Service has pluc *rti tile spot
Irti owl before tens of thousands of Pa
( ifi< Northwest families .is well .is .if
fordable wood produots for our nations
struggling economy. said John H.imp
Ion. chairman of the Northwest lores!
Krsoun I? (.ouiK-ii in Portland
" Tin' 1 oresl Service turned Its bai k
on several viable alternatives th.it guar
anb*ed tin* survival of the owl without
devastating tbe timbrr dependent 1.(1111
munilles of the Pin lfl( Northwest.
Hampton said
Environmentalists argue thplan
won't save the threatened bird bemuse
1 hi in 1.1 s indiiiiled it would work only if
it was adopted uniformly across all fed
eral lands in tbe region
The bureau of hind Management has
reps ted key components of tbe plan,
opting instead for a strategy named after
HI M Dirritur < y Jamison which would
minimi/c the logging redm turns
However, a federal appeals court mi
Wednesday baited limber sales in spo!
ted owl habitat managed by tlu* HI M.
saving the sab s (annul proceed until
the agency gets proper approval of its
oyvl proh < lion plans
i bis i'. ; onipivlriv inadt-pia'.i s.i, !
N.lli'. V (.fern ' ■! I ill' Wilderness S, : iely
WTdnesd ay rhi' solution has to in- a
package deal Tli.it means il lias In in
dude IILM Otherwise, this t leaf I v rant
stand on the grounds of being a credible
plan for the owl
In addition, (.teen said. "It's really
not just the ow l that is important here It
is the entire old growth ecosystem
It w ill take far more than the Thomas
plan to get adequate protection for the
remaining am lent forests.' (.recn said
l.ru Huff, a spokesman fur Agriculture
Sri r< lary Kdward Madigan. confirmed
Wednesday that a formal plan was
signed by Assistant Agriculture Secre
tary James Moseley
Huff said it was cn route to f S Dis
trict Judge William Dwyer of Seattle,
who imposed the logging injunction
more than a year ago and set Mari 11 r> as
a deadline for the Forest Service to
adopt a formal protei lion plan
Dwyer had ruled the servile failed to
complete an environmental impact
statement on its logging plans, as re
quited hi. the National Knvironment.il
I'olu y Ai t
Dwyer (ili'ii ti remarkable Mines 01
vi-. latinos of environmental laws a
deliberate and systematic refusal by the
i i.rest Serve e and the Kish and Wildlife
Serve e in c ornply w ith the laws protect
ing W lldlife
nils is not the doing of the m ien
lists foresters, rangers and others at the
working levels of these agencies." the
judge wrote "It'reflects decisions made
hv higher authorities in the oxe< utive
hrani h of government
Chris West of the Northwest Forestry
Asmx l.ition in Portland said Wednesday
that Dwver should lift the Injunction
now that the lores! Servic e has adopted
u protection plan
The lores! Service issued its final en
vironmental impact statement in J.mu
iirv and said its preferred plan was the
Thomas strategy It estimated the plan
would cost the Northwest about 110.71)0
timlier jobs over a period of vears
The llS pish and Wildlife Servin',
who h dec fared the remaining estimated
SIKH) pairs ol owls to be threatened in
June loot), has estimated the timber in
dustry will lose about id 000 jobs bv
1005
Timber workers give Roberts flack
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A.-thof Stvjntng
T hur March 1 2
1 2 30 i 30 pm
m the General Booh Department
Adams picks Gardner
as his ideal successor
U \SHIM ;T( )N (AI ‘) Sen
it; ; k Adams said t■.><iu\ that
Washington's popular l.in
Booth (iardncr looks better .is .1
prosper tiv1: ht'ir to his 1' S
Senate scat than another likely
Democrat!! 1.timlidate. lormer
Rep Mike Lowry
'1 think (Lirdner w oulii he a
very goixl < undulate He snows
a lot alxiut government ami so
on.' the Washington Democrat
told reporters .liter a Senate
( ommtllee hearing
"He 1 ertainly has been a
winner Lowry has lost two m u
row So I would sav (C.urdtier)
sure looks (letter at this point
Adams said
Lowry unsuccessfully ilia I
lenged former Sen Dan Leans
m a special flection in H18J
He also lost a 1*»HH Senate hid
against l,()p Sen Slade C lot ton
Adams abandoned his plans
to seek a ser ond Senate term on
Sunday when The Seattle
Times reported that eight worn
en accuse him oi sexual liar ass
merit and molestation 1 he
women were not identified by
name
He had been r onsidet ed | ,.
htu ally vulnerable even helnri*
the 7rr/ic.s report, because of a
1'iHlt allegation of sexual as
sault. as well as lukewarm : Ce
1 )eimu ratie Par!v support I r
him Leiote the v> 1 ■ m tld h. . ib
shell
So tar. state Sen Patty Mur
nv ol Seattle is the only Demo
1 rat to dei I.,re 1 andidar '. in the
r.;. it 1! Lowry Las indicated
in may enter tiie r.n e arid
sidering a Senate hid
A reporter suggested to Ad
ams that the senator and Lew ry
had st
sl.it i i K
I wouldn't consider him .is
.someone 1 have much in com
mon with. s.iul Adams. .1
L) 1 m 01 r a 111 stalwart w ho
served as transportation score
1.1 r\ in the rioter admimstru
tion ami a House member be
tore his eiei lion to the Senate
\dams said he is 1 ontident
he W'( aid be w hi aten 1 , vs rv ll
they had laced oil in the Demo
truth primal v tins year
lie s had tWo ras e. against
open seats he lias lost tiardner
lias two wins That is why I
was certain i Could win the
race. Adams said
Adams said he was not sure
he would actively campaign for
any Democratic candidate for
his seat, saving he wants to
wait and see who enters the
rai e
"I want a winner," Adams
said I think it s very impor
tant we have somebody who
i .m win raies and speak up for
tin- little pei.pie bet .mse I'm the
Iasi Demin r.it left in the I’ai dir
\'or tllWest
Adams said it would tie a
mistake toi party leaders to
press him !‘i resign ins seat so
(i.miner could appoint a turn
p ear; [eplai eim-nt to srrve out
the rest of his term
it \ put somebody 1 n.
y, 1 reulU hurt the people of
the state Adams said You'll
have somebody m tor a short
period of time who doesn't
kuow what tin y are doing,
doesn't know ali the till is up
doesn't know everybody here,
il.s t know how to work leg
isiat.on tor some period of
time they'd have a terrible
problem,' hi' said
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Christinas
Some of the memU'rs uri‘ les
bun. Koch said, whic h influ
onet's the group's political fla
vor and makes them fairly open
about issue's
We re prettN out there." she
s... i ' But 1 wouldn't describe
us as activists I’d describe u.s
as active'
Bui Koch said lhal not ull of
tin' group's music inis a mes
Some of it is purr silliness,"
she said "Were a lot of fun
Everybody who comes to see us
has a really good time "
Venus Envy will perform in
the Wheeler Pavilion at the
Lane County Fairgrounds
March 7 from B to 11:30 p in
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the
show costs SB to S10 on a slid
ing scale.