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- <text id=90TT1712>
- <title>
- July 02, 1990: American Notes:The Northwest
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 02, 1990 Nelson Mandela:A Hero In America
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 27
- American Notes
- THE NORTHWEST
- Spotted Owl: Still in Danger
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> The timber industry took a blow last week when the U.S. Fish
- and Wildlife Service finally added the northern spotted owl to
- the federal list of threatened species. Protecting the bird
- could mean preserving an additional 3 million acres of the
- old-growth forest it inhabits, which loggers say will threaten
- 28,000 jobs over the next decade.
- </p>
- <p> But existing timber contracts will not be affected, which
- means thousands of acres of forest will fall. Then, it may take
- up to a year before the Federal Government completes its
- recovery plan for the owl, which leaves ample time for
- political maneuvering. If the Administration yields to industry
- pressures, the listing of the owl could amount to little more
- than paying lip service to the Endangered Species Act.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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