Lovely! I'm sure there is some hyperbole in the press release, but there is no way that timber sale will be a good one.
Josh On Oct 22, 9:17 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > People > > FYI: Form the Center for Biological Diversity: > > This Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity sharply criticized the U.S. > Forest Service's latest take on devastating plans to log old-growth trees in > the Kaibab National Forest. Unfortunately for the forest -- which houses the > country's largest breeding population of the imperiled northern goshawk -- > the Forest Service has issued a new environmental assessment for the > controversial Jacob Ryan timber sale, which would log 26,000 acres but was > halted in May thanks to work by the Center and Sierra Club. The new > assessment drops protections for old-growth trees, essentially stating that > the Kaibab Plateau has too much old growth -- so axing those irksome old, > large trees will be good for wildlife. > > This marks the Forest Service's fourth attempt to move forward with Jacob > Ryan, and the Center will work to make sure it's the last. > > Edward Frank > > "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey every > now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving nature...I > couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
