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 CHANTS l’ASS (AIM (,uv KuUrW m (iiili il limlx-r vvorkiTN v% l») wiinl In rci all her. tolling a ‘-mall jjruup o! ti c in o n s I r a I u f s U i iinrsil.iV that Ihi-lr real ('ll tfiniiis arf m ihn I S Interior I lejmrlmeiit You may believe I m your enemy, KuImtIs lulil a ^ruup t)f MX people Will I [HI Lei Sibils wh<> t i ijilrtJiihHi hri a! 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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 VENUS Continued from Page 6 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.