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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 05 > Salvage plan proposed for G.W. Fire area

Salvage plan proposed for G.W. Fire area

Project draws concerns from both conservationists and timber industry

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
May 5, 2008

Dead trees on more than 200 acres of the Deschutes National Forest that burned in the 2007 G.W. Fire could be logged this summer under a salvage project proposed by the U.S. Forest Service.

The Forest Service is estimating that loggers could harvest about 1.8 million board feet of timber from....

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