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Federal court upends plan to boost Sierra logging 19 May 08

Sonora’s Union Democrat reports on a blocked proposal to use logging revenues in Sierra Nevada national forests for fire-prevention efforts. Read the full article

Environmental groups heaped praise on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion shortly after it was announced, saying it’s a step toward the environmentally friendly forest policies proposed years ago by the Clinton Administration.


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