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Recent print and broadcast news coverage of WFLC'c legal cases and advocacy issues listed chronologically. You may also browse news coverage by issue using the menu in the sidebar.
Sep 12, 2008: Seattle Times: "Conservation groups file suit in Seattle over timber-settlement funds"
Three conservation groups are suing the federal government over a decision to give millions of dollars to forestry foundations, saying the money illegally bypassed the U.S. Treasury and Congress.
Sep 08, 2008: Seattle PI: "Environmentalists sue over Canadian timber agreement"
Environmentalists are filing a lawsuit this week against the federal government for what they say was an illegal and unfair agreement with Canadian leaders to settle a dispute over timber sales.
Aug 13, 2008: Seattle Times: "As spotted owl's numbers keep falling, some fear it's doomed"
The northern spotted owl — an endangered icon that spurred a rescue effort so sweeping it brought old-growth logging to a virtual standstill in the Northwest — is now closer than ever to extinction.
Jul 14, 2008: Seattle Times: "Slides putting our highways in danger"
The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which enforces forestry rules, can restrict clear-cutting when geological reviews indicate landslides could put public safety or public resources at risk. But near Highway 6 and other roadside logging sites, state foresters often have opted to skip these reviews when approving logging permits.
Jul 13, 2008: Seattle Times: "Logging and landslides: What went wrong?"
With little scrutiny from state geologists, Weyerhaeuser has been allowed to clear-cut unstable slopes. When December's storms hit, many of these heavily logged mountains gave way to hundreds of landslides.
Jul 10, 2008: Seattle PI: "Forestry groups queried on U.S. funds"
P-I Reporter A controversial Bush administration deal that funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to groups friendly with the timber industry drew inquiries this week from two U.S. senators, who demanded to know what's being done with the money to help the environment.
Jun 11, 2008: Centralia Chronicle: "Weyco’s Clear-Cut Mudslide Could Prompt New Rules"
Representatives from Weyerhaeuser, the state Department of Natural Resources and the University of Washington share information about the Stillman Creek landslide during a Forest Practices Board tour of the West Lewis County Weyerhaeuser property on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Jun 10, 2008: KING 5 News: "Logging, landslides debated at forestry meeting"
State forestry officials took a field trip Tuesday to examine the relationship between clear-cut logging and last year's Lewis County floods. Their trip took them to a Weyerhaeuser tree farm above the flood lands, where Weyerhaeuser and State Natural Resources officials explained to the State Forest Practices Board the way they assess areas to be logged.
Jun 10, 2008: NW Public Radio: "Debate Continues Over Steep Slope Logging"
Listen to Austin Jenkins' report on a tour of the site of the December Stillman Creek mudslide.
Jun 05, 2008: Tyee: "Group sues to find out how recipients of softwood deal's $450 million were chosen"
The Softwood Lumber Agreement earmarked $550 million for the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports and the Bi-national Council, but it also said $450 million would be spent on "meritorious initiatives" to be identified later by the U.S. in consultation with Canada. How were the recipients of the meritorious initiatives chosen?
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