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>From: Western Ancient Forest Campaign <wafcdc at igc.apc.org>
>Subject: Logging Without Laws Bulletin #89
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>LOGGING WITHOUT LAWS BULLETIN #89, from WAFC, the
>Western Ancient Forest Campaign. Call (202)789-2844x291 or email
>WAFCDC at igc.apc.org
>
>Friday, June 21st (Summer Solstice), 1996, the 299th Day of Lawless
>Logging
>
>FURSE AMENDMENT LOSES BY TWO: By a razor thin edge, the
>House yesterday rejected an amendment offered by Reps. Elizabeth
>Furse (D-OR) and John Porter (R-IL) to halt funding for the Timber
>Clearcut Rider. The amendment was defeated by a 209-211 margin,
>with 50 Republicans supporting it but 36 Democrats opposed. Also
>defeated by the slimmest of margins was an amendment by Rep.
>Joe Kennedy (D-MA) to cut $50 million from the Interior
>Appropriations bill for road building in National Forest roadless
>areas. It is anticipated that a similar amendment to cut funds for
>rider sales may be offered when the Interior spending bill is taken
>up in the Senate in July. In addition, another opportunity to vote
>on rider repeal in the House may be possible. "Clearly the votes
>are there in the House to stop the rider," says Steve Holmer,
>WAFC campaign coordinator. "With a little more time to
>communicate what how much of America's forest legacy is at risk
>from the Clearcut Rider, we can and will win the next House vote
>on rider repeal."
>
>SOUTH MANTI SALE NOMINATED: The Utah Chapter of the
>Sierra Club has nominated the massive South Manti sale to the
>nationwide list of the 200 worst logging rider sales. The sale will
>log 71 million board feet of dead and live Engelmann spruce from
>the Wasatch Plateau in the Manti-La Sal NF in Utah. "This sale is
>the largest in Utah history, is exempt from appeal and will rob Utah
>families of their natural heritage while bloating the federal deficit,"
>says Nina Dougherty, conservation chair of the Utah Chapter.
>"How can this not be the poster child of salvage sales in Utah and
>the intermountain region."
>
>WASHINGTON FORESTS AT RISK: An audit of the pending
>timber sales under the Timber Clearcut Rider in Washington State
>has been published by the Western Ancient Forest Campaign. The
>report shows that, even with the decision by the 9th Circuit to
>block Section 318 marbled murrelet sales under the rider, there are
>still 14 environmentally destructive sales in Washington that should
>be stopped. The sales are in the Gifford Pinchot, Wenatchee,
>Okanogan, and Colville National Forests; they include sales in
>roadless areas, prime lynx habitat, and sensitive watersheds for bull
>trout and other valuable fisheries. "This audit demonstrates why it
>is urgent that the Congress repeal the Timber Clearcut Rider, and
>the President use his authority to stop pending sales," says Jessica
>Hamilton, WAFC's Western organizer.
>
>CLINTON IS ASKED TO CANCEL SALES: A list of almost 100
>rider sales that should be cancelled in California, Oregon, and
>Washington States was delivered to top Administration officials in a
>pair of meetings last week with Western forest activists. Additional
>lists of damaging sales to be cancelled for Idaho, Montana, and
>other states is being prepared. One meeting was held with
>Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman; the other with CEQ Chair
>Katie McGinty and officials from the OMB and White House
>political office. Glickman had previously told the National Audubon
>Society annual meeting that he "does not intend to allow the
>salvage rider to be a ruse to cut green timber," and invited
>information from forest defenders about abuses. He also announced
>plans to send a "fact finding" delegation to the west in the near
>future to investigate how the rider is being implemented. Glickman
>also expressed concern about fire; activists encouraged him to study
>the SNEP report on that issue.
>

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416