Oregon Old Growth and W's Last Minute Timber Deal
by jamess - Nov 29, 2008 -
http://www.dailykos.com/hotlist/add/2008/11/29/15228/749/displaystory//..........
The Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club has just raised the alert,
especially to Oregonians, TIME IS NOW, to Speak Out, if you care about our Natural Resources.
Because like Clinton's last-minute plan to PROTECT millions of roadless timber acres, this last-minute Bush plan, would UNDO all that, and put-in those Timber Roads, to pave the way to those Million-Dollar Trees!
Practically speaking Clinton's roadless policy has been very hard to "reverse" for the last 8 years --
So will it be, also hard to "reverse", IF George W. Bush gets his way, to open for harvest, the last few remaining Old Growth Forest stands in Oregon.
These few remaining pinnacle Eco-systems have some how managed to escape the Axe, until now: ...........
