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Archive Home > 2005 > November > 03 > Walden bill would allow speedier salvage logging

Walden bill would allow speedier salvage logging

Oregon rep wants yearslong process shortened to 120 days

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
November 3, 2005

SALEM - Congress is about to wade again into the political quagmire over salvage timber and whether environmental rules should be adjusted to allow for quicker sales of dead and dying trees.

Legislation introduced late Wednesday by U.S. Reps Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Brian Baird, D-Wash., would....

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