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Timber translations needed
WASHINGTON (AP) —
When lenders of foreign
countries meet, much < are is
taken to ai cnrately translate
terms and phrases that carry
a loaded meaning for one
side or the other
Likewise, when President Clinton convenes a
conference on the use of federal forests Friday in
Portland, he'll hear what may sound like a foreign
language
There'll be talk of the God Squad, the Gang of
Four, indit-ntor sp* ies. critical habitat and stumpers
like sufficient y language
That's the language that has evolved in the long
simmering dispute over ysliether loggers should lie
allowed to cut trees in federal forests where north
ern spotted owls live
Perhaps most importantly, sprinkled throughout
the testimony will lie countless references to "cer
tainty The problem? Nobody agrees on what that
means
"When you talk in generalities, everyone agrees
It's different when you jjart putting lines on paper."
said Rep It nice VenloTU-Minn.. chairman of the
House Natural Resources subcommittee on forests
and public lands.
To environmentalists, certainty means assurances
that the old-growth forests will la* p rot is ted against
logging
To the timber industry, it means they'll lie allowed
to cut enough trees to meet demands for lumber and
wood products.
And to workers, it means a promise they still will
have a job in the forest or the sayv mills.
During a briefing for about ;tu members of Con
gress earlier this month. Vice President Al Gore said
that the Clinton administration advocates "cer
tainty."
Hut is he talking the same language as lawmak
ers from the Northwest?
"I'm not sure that they are." said Sen Slade Gor
ton. R-Wash. "By the time they are finished, I hop*
they mean the same thing by Certainty as we do."
For Northwest lawmakers, talk about "certainty"
means that any legislation regulating use of the
region's forests must include sulfi! ieni y language"
— another Ini/./, phrase
Such language in a hill would have the effect of
When you talk in generalities,
everyone agrees. It’s different
when you start putting lines
on paper.9
Rep Bruce Vento,
D-Minn
insulating the legislation from certain court chal
lenges. an idea vigorously opposed by environ
mentalists.
For example, any bill to resolve the dispute will
likely divide the region, allowing logging in some
areas and Itauning it in others Timlier industry lead
ers are most concerned that even in the areas
approved for logging, environmentalists would file
lawsuits to block the activits
Soffit iency language would say the bill's pro
tections are soffit tent to meet all other existing laws
If outsiders can master multiple views on "cer
tainty'' and jargon like "sufficiency language,"
stuff like the God Squad, the Gang of Four and the
critical habitat of indicator species ought to he
easy.
Here's some help.
The God Squad is really the Endangered Species
Committee, nicknamed because it can exempt a
creature from the Endangered Sptx.ies Ad and allow
it to become extinct if the cost of saving it is too
great
The Gang of Four is a committee of four scien
tists who gave Congress the most recent data on the
condition of old-growth forests, home to the spot
ted owl.
Critical habitat is the area designated essential to
the existence ol a creature, in this case the spot
ted owl Anyone who wants to conduct commer
i ial activity, including logging, on land declared
a critical habitat must first get permission from the
Fish and Wildlife Service.
And an indicator species, like the spotted owl, is
kind of like a canary in the i oal mine. Because it's
at the top of the food chain, its health is an early
warning of the overall health of other life in the for
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