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Timber reps are full of shit.

Last time I heard some of them was during the NMFS public hearings about the D4 rules being considered to save wild salmon runs that were being added to the endangered species list. The idea is that society needs to have a plan.

EVERYONE who testified said the rules weren't enough. EXCEPT the timber reps, who claimed that REDUCING the buffer along streams (among other things) would better protect salmon habitat.

As far as I'm concerned Weyerhauser, Plum Creek, etc. are all a bunch of criminals. They actively engage in the aggressive TRANSFER OF WEALTH (also know as THEFT) from the Public Trust to their executives and shareholders.

Destroying the capacity for retaining storm water runoff is just one example. They profit. The rest of us have our property destroyed and get stuck with the bill.

Logically, property rights activist would strenuously oppose clear cutting. But they're ideologues, not logicians.

by zappini on Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 07:53:35 AM PST

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these families were victims of nature AND irresponsible neighbors who own all the trees and what is/isn't under them.

I've driven Hwy 6 once or twice a month now going into the tenth year since moving to Pac County. Hwy 101 is no different. Like shaved heads, clear cut hills and slopes stick out like sore thumbs. Residents do not need to see pictures of clearcuts to understand how their biggest neighbor failed them.

Arthur
You sure you ain't staking too much on yer theories? Not enough common sense?

by Arthur Ruger on Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 09:43:44 AM PST

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it just shows that weyerhauser can't hide behind the loggers anymore because all the loggers are practically unemployed now. and the total devistation caused by this mudslide has p.o.'d alot of people who normally would defend the company with heart and soul.

by lhsouthern on Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 04:58:33 PM PST

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