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Logging And The Environment

Logging And The Environment
The Spotted Owl Controversy
Rick Faiver
August 10 1997



Introduction:


For hundreds of years, a handsome, dark-brown owl with white spots has made its home in the lush, “old growth” forests in the Pacific Northwest. Under the multilayered canopies of these two hundred year old forests, the owl, known as the northern spotted owl, has fed off the rich plant and invertebrate life created by decaying timber and has nested in the cavities of old tree trunks. But the towering cedars, firs, hemlocks, and spruces which have served as the owls habitat, also have become a primary source of timber...

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