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Vanishing green

Vanishing green even as commercial logging is taking a high toll of usa 's national forests, the us forest service has approved a new management plan for the great Tongass national forest in southeast Alaska. The plan awaits the approval of the agriculture secretary Dan Glickman. The plan would allow more logging than required by either the current state of demand for timber products, or the long-term economic health of southeastern Alaska. It is almost as if the forest department

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