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09:28 PM PST on Tuesday, March 23, 2004
SEATTLE – The Bush administration has eased rules on logging old-growth
forest in the Pacific Northwest.
Forest managers no longer have to look for rare plants and animals
before logging.
Instead, federal managers will rely on information provided by the
states - Washington, Oregon and California.
They'll use that information to decide whether to allow logging and
building of trails and campgrounds.
Environmentalists don't like the change. They say it will double logging
on federal land - and be a disaster for rare species.
But the Forest Service says most old-growth forest in the region will
still be protected.
The change was prompted by a timber industry lawsuit and is intended to
increase logging on 24 million acres of public land.
The timber industry had complained for years that so-called "survey and
manage" rules are intrusive and can take years to complete. Those
rules require study of the potential effects of logging on about 300
plant and animal species.
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