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Article: Face to face on old-growth: views and viewpoints on important forest trends and events. (Lookout)(includes related article)
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- March 1, 1991
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You don't jump into controversy without becoming controversial," was the way one observer evaluated the public response to AFA's stand on old-growth forest management. That his observation is correct is borne out by excerpts from AFA's mailbag.
The total response was too voluminous to be printed in full and too overwhelming to permit individual responses. In the accompanying excerpts, we hope to have faithfully brought out the essential points.
In addition to letters, we received thousands of brief responses containing a simple "Thanks, we support you," and a financial contribution. To all those respondents we owe a deep and enduring debt of gratitude. ...