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Here's an interesting and informative site:
"Some Idahoans may not know about the Forest Service employees organization called “Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics.” It was started by Jeff DeBonis, an assistant ranger in the Willamette National Forest, who was appalled by the overcut and old growth take in his national forest.
The 2,000 or so members have often laid their jobs and careers on the line in opposition to their own employer. Bolstered by the “whistleblower” law, they are now tolerated, but likely they have suffered much by subtle discrimination. They fought to defend the 58 million-acre roadless rule and, with other help, overturned the Idaho District Court judge´s injunction that barred the rule from going into effect. We may expect further effort in Idaho to overturn the rule.
To those who think the Forest Service has complete control over timber management, I would cite the enormous sales of cedar and old growth Douglas fir I saw during the Reagan and senior Bush administrations in the Siskiyou National Forest. Republican power always reverses Forest Service hope for sensible management. That this is likely to occur as a repeat overcut in Idaho´s slow-growing timber is a tragedy, for no living person will see it restored."
http://www.fseee.org/
Read some of the articles there!!
"Some Idahoans may not know about the Forest Service employees organization called “Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics.” It was started by Jeff DeBonis, an assistant ranger in the Willamette National Forest, who was appalled by the overcut and old growth take in his national forest.
The 2,000 or so members have often laid their jobs and careers on the line in opposition to their own employer. Bolstered by the “whistleblower” law, they are now tolerated, but likely they have suffered much by subtle discrimination. They fought to defend the 58 million-acre roadless rule and, with other help, overturned the Idaho District Court judge´s injunction that barred the rule from going into effect. We may expect further effort in Idaho to overturn the rule.
To those who think the Forest Service has complete control over timber management, I would cite the enormous sales of cedar and old growth Douglas fir I saw during the Reagan and senior Bush administrations in the Siskiyou National Forest. Republican power always reverses Forest Service hope for sensible management. That this is likely to occur as a repeat overcut in Idaho´s slow-growing timber is a tragedy, for no living person will see it restored."
http://www.fseee.org/
Read some of the articles there!!
