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- From: jjh00@outs.ccc.amdahl.com (Joel J. Hanes)
- Newsgroups: talk.environment
- Subject: Re: Forest Biodiversity and clearcutting act
- Message-ID: <f5ay02h11aOf01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 15:57:31 GMT
- References: <92202.111243MEK104@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- Reply-To: jjh00@OUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Joel J. Hanes)
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- MEK104@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
- >
- > [ decribes bad forestry bill before Congress ]
- >
- > ... My reason for posting this is that I
- >seem to remember seeing a post about how forest management policy should be
- >taken out of the hands of the foresters and left up to congress. I think
- >this would be a big mistake. Any comments?
-
- Yeah.
-
- The most important single factor in national forest management
- policy, the total cut on public lands, is not in the hands of
- foresters. The harvest is mandated by Congress, and the Forest
- Service is then tasked to come up with a plan to meet this
- goal.
-
- Responsible foresters in the USFS have for years protested
- that the mandated cut greatly exceeds the sustainable, or
- even the responsible harvest in many districts.
-
- Alas, the Congressional delegations from timber industry
- states seem to agree with the timber industry lobbyists
- that short-term profits for timber companies cutting on
- public lands override all other concerns, including the
- opinions of the foresters employed by the government to
- manage this resource.
-
- ---
- Joel Hanes
-