TO THE EDITOR
A STORM IS BREWING
As of Aug. 3, the Forest Service and the
BLM removed the survey and manage
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merely needs to utilize the Constitution,
which gives them the power of impeachment.
However, members of Congress also
have head problems. You see, some have
large heads and some small heads, but
their main problem is they are almost all
spineless. Now you would think that all is
not lost because our Supreme Court,
which is supposed to be composed of the
brightest minds available, would be able to
explain the Constitution to Congress.
However, most decisions coming out of
court lately would be on a 5-4 decision,
which would only confuse our elected rep-
resentatives more.
I believe the only answer to this growing
problem is for all of us to inflate our own
head size to the point where we demand
change. Enough is enough!
Gene Okins
Eugene
requirements of the Northwest Forest Plan.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife is also proposing to
remove critical habitat for the northern
spotted owl (both likely illegal).
Further injurious: The Oregon BLM
plans to log about 29 square miles of
mature and old growth forests in the next
few years. To make matters even worse, if
the BLM is able to implement the Western
Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR), it will
mandate double that number of acres to be
cut. (To obtain a copy of the just released
Boom, Bust and the BLM DVD, contact
us). On top of this, the national forests
east of the Cascades in Oregon and
Washington are rewriting their forest
plans to increase the cut by doing away
with current environmental protections
and restrictions.
This is a “perfect storm of corruption”
created by Oregon’s timber barons and
their minions with the Bush regime that
seek to finally overtake the last native and
old growth forests in the Pacific
Northwest. This not only threatens forests
but will exacerbate the climate crisis
brought on by global warming. Logging
causes global warming. Litigation is need-
ed, but many forests won’t survive waiting
for the court’s decisions. It feels like the
final round of the battle for the last native
forests on public lands. Turn your emo-
tions of anger to loud voices of reason, and
also boycott Oregon wood products.
Shannon Wilson
Cascadia’s Ecosystem Advocates
Eugene
IT IS
ALSO
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