It's way too soon for the pendulum to swing back and erase the environmental progress that has just begun.
Legislation to double logging on our federal lands... is sure to reignite public sentiments and cause social strife.
Adequate timber harvest levels must be distributed throughout Western Oregon, including the drier southwest Oregon fores...
In my home state of Wisconsin there is a grassroots effort beginning to take shape called the North East Wisconsin Colla...
The Wyden bill shifts the management emphasis of public forests from public values like clean drinking water, recovery o...
The public overwhelmingly supports protection of both mature and old growth forests on public lands.
We applaud Senator Wyden for explicitly recognizing drinking water source protection and support efforts to expand these...
The Wyden bill WILL increase clearcutting; it WILL increase carbon emissions; it WILL degrade water quality, it WILL set...
The Wyden bill undermines the fundamental safeguards provided by our nation's environmental laws.
I hope you can appreciate my interest in, and my advocacy for, your continued advancement of S 1784.
Increased clearcutting on public land is not the answer.
With your efforts, with Congressmen DeFazio, Schrader, and Walden, I think we can reach a resolution.
For these reasons, I believe Senate Bill 1784 is the only politically viable solution for managing these lands currently...
I encourage this committee to increase its support of science and local community-based collaborative groups.
As we take a look at the amount of funding and the funding stress on the forest service, to move to the areas of highest...
The Wyden bill will NOT fix the counties' financial problems; it will NOT meaningfully reduce unemployment; it will NOT ...
Increased logging--especially clearcutting--is incompatible with climate mitigation and other public values.
The Wyden bill has some serious drafting problems.
