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Article: U.S. Forest Service Plan Would Double Logging in Sierra Nevada.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- March 7, 2003
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By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 7--After a year of review, a U.S. Forest Service team is recommending sweeping changes to a Clinton-era management plan for the Sierra Nevada: Logging would more than double, ranchers could graze more cattle and district rangers would be allowed to thin forests more aggressively, according to a report released Thursday.
The proposed revisions, expected to be adopted by Regional Forester Jack Blackwell this month, would allow timber companies to cut larger trees and more timber volume than allowed under the Sierra Nevada Framework, a plan the Forest Service ...