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Archive Home > 2003 > October > 30 > Forest bill on track for passage

Forest bill on track for passage

Senate gives preliminary approval to legislative package on forest thinning

By Matw Johnson / The Bulletin
October 30, 2003

WASHINGTON - The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill to prevent fires by expanding forest thinning, limiting anti-logging injunctions and creating a forest health research center in Prineville.

"Catastrophic wildfires, not logging ... is killing Oregon's forests," said....

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