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Archive Home > 2006 > February > 10 > U.S. timber plan would double annual harvest

U.S. timber plan would double annual harvest

By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
February 10, 2006

A White House budget proposal released this week recommends more than doubling the annual timber harvested on public lands in Oregon, Washington and California - to 800 million board feet.

The provision, which aims to restore timber-cutting targets set under the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan, drew....

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