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Hu e I ells would provide a breeding ground where new data could t« established that examines how spotted owls and other wildlife adapt to changes m their physi i at environment and more importantly, how specie xur vivat is still possible in an area that has been labeled “'destroyed" after« wildfire What people don't realize is that fires don’t destroy the liabi tat for owls nearly as much as salvage logging does," said pan elist (ini (ireon, a biomglonal a< tivist of the Mi Ktmrio River "One id the big things KNA (research natural area) provides is an educational opportunity We want to study the land and how* fires affect the land, but we can't do this with salvage log King going on " A lawsuit has been filed in the U.S Distrii t Court in Kugene to halt logging of«» milium board feet of timlier burned in the tool arson-caused fire at Warner ( reek near Oakridge Part of an old growth reserve ami spotted owl habitat established by the Clinton forest plan worn burned in the fire lngalstiee said Sunday that one of bis major concerns, us well as other conservationist s, is that the proposed salvage log ging plan for Warner Creek would provide an incentive lor arsonists to burn more land “It would set a dangerous precedent," Ingalslu-e said. "If we can’t save Warner Creek, than no place is safe from arson and salvage logging." Ingakias' said Sunday that the U.S- Forest Service should he fat diluting in their plan to research the area naturally and = ■ ET ALS fcUJCiK »N * hi Alpha ( hn»li*n I *h»p will H*V* * Wirstiiip 41«i ttXU^hl f£ 7 )fl in 105 l,±*Uu#i-f I ui tQOft* ijih'tltn#! t»w. call 349^110 MtSOlLANttJTS i *• **’!*>» < • ami l»/*t t ;ta! will »p4H>>4if # %ouiU jjtouji t<*&ty trcMw $ tid ?* 30 « m «i liw koimil 1 xml*-?, (4 >4 K rii aid 1« naif? inJiXv.uMUMj, c*U Hfe liiii Orrg»il Ifunianitirt C rntr» >•. 4 J.ttblu UftCluNR hy $41*4*1 Sltiiwi, h'4«lt «nd Want Itouw Isold Tia*h «iid (.Voiumet fa* If nr* " t<wU> at 4 pm. in (It# tio# I AbWiflj Liiunif Mill* a litWJ Hi yiow lot niuiv tall m. 3934 Environmental conference focuses on nature, reforms Lon Bettineski O*0O« QWtfy FrnerakJ The 1 Hh finms.il Public Interest Environmental Law Conference brought more than 110 lawyers, govern ment officials and local envi ronmental nitivists to the University last weekend This year's conference theme. "Ideas into Action," sparked dozens of panel dis c ussions on timber reform, international human rights, alternative transportation, nuclear waste population control, ns yclmg and wildlife protection Other key events included five nature walks on Friday with an exotic tree identifica tion trip around campus, a trip to the columns at - (limbing and n tour of the Willamette Kiser with stories by a local folklorist. An HR "Run for the Rain . morning at Alton Baker Park to raise funds for preserva tion of the world's tropical rain forests, while several environmental games and trips to the Willamette Insti tute of Sciuni e and Technol ogy and the planetarium were organized for the sever al children who attended the conference "You can't i ome to a place like this. — with all that com on — and ever even think of burning out," said David Brower, founder of the Earth Island institute and former executive director of the Sier ra Club Brower k» ked off the con ference with his opening address Thursday evening, accompanied in Karen Kaplan, who runs the re< y (pn i at the I inivw sity and Teg Milieu, a singer-activist who was the target of n sting operation of tin* Mil as a result of her work for Mirth Firs! The conference was run by ' volunteers, including 100 members from Land. Air. Water the oldest environ mental law student group in the Uniter) States Friends of land. Air. Water, the Environmental Law AI linns Worldwide and the Western Environmental Law Outer also sponsored the con ference m conjunction with Ijind, Air. Water. The conference concluded Sunday with a special brum h in the EMI Ballroom with speakers | William Eutrell. president for the I nvironmental I .aw Institute and Joy Belskv. staff ecologist for the Oregon Natural Kesouri e Council. avoid salvage logging lit* said the plan has already caught widespread attention from oth ers "We've already won the hearts and minds of top researchers." Ingalsbee said "It's a real collaborative effort because everyone knows that RNA is too valuable to waste on another salvage sale." Robin Smith, a University law student involved in the Warner Creek issue, !ul(i the crowd Sun titty thnt she believes environ mentalists fighting the salvage sale have a strong chance of winning the case. "1 think we have a good t hant e because I think the point Inis I>een made that if you allow something that •> been burned by arsonists to be sold for profit, vou'ro going to start a trend." Smith said. “ The law has to catch up with policy.“ ■ CORRECTION The March 2 arlu lt> about OSPIRC. tmorrn tly stated that OSPIRC. rci elves the third largest incidental fee budget In fact, the group receives the third largest budget allocated by the ASUO Programs Mnam e Committee I he Alb loth Department and I’MU programs are also funded by student ini idental fees, and may have larger bud gets, Also, the article said the Studrnt Instirgvnt was a Ilex a ted a 7,7 percent increase in their budget Hie\ received a zero percent increase, making their budget $590! for mu , o(> Thr Kmarald regrets the errors. 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