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>From Her (Employer's) View:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some
critics of this exchange have claimed that the federal government and
the
American people are getting the raw end of this deal and receiving
"devastated" or "barren" land. This could not be further
from the truth. These lands have been well managed for more than 100
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Healthy,
well-stocked
plantations cover many of the sections. Other parcels contain
stands of well-spaced trees with multiple age classes. Yes, these
private sections
look different from many of the older stands on the current federal
land, but
it does not mean they are not healthy. These lands have been managed
for timber
production - millions of board feet have fed local mills and provided
good
paying jobs for both timber and mill workers as well as many other
supporting
industries for over a century. </span></blockquote>
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This is the part which irks me . Not only has the checkerboard idea
devastated the squares that have been logged, but the adjacent logging
has ruined the ecology of our lands too. The damage is so severe you
can see it from space for cripes sake.<br>
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It was thought at the time, a time when the Fed's were bribing the
railroads to put lines in with massive amounts of land, that the
checkerboard would spread out and minimize the damage from the
logging. This was based on the "best" science of the time, president
Lincoln's time. The term "ecology" was unknown.<br>
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Nice letter Blake, can you work this in there?<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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