There they go again. In the latest example of their lapdog eagerness to ignore science and serve corporate interests, Bush administration officials have distorted critical recommendations on spotted owl protection. Read more…
A proposed new plan released Thursday to protect northern spotted owls includes changes urged by high-level officials in the Bush administration, leading environmentalists to charge that the administration is again threatening Northwest old-growth forests. Read more…
(Editor’s note: This story has changed since it was originally published. The Secretary of the Interior is designated under the Endangered Species Act as responsible for managing the recovery of endangered species. The earlier version of the story attributed that responsibility to the Fish and Wildlife Service.) Read more…
Grim realities loom in the economy and ecology of our region. Libraries close. Congress cuts off generations-old timber funding to Western Oregon counties, leading some to threaten bankruptcy. County sheriff patrols grow thin. Unharvested forests grow thick with flammable understory, while scores of mills have closed. What goes on here? Read more…