But multiple use must be recognized as an important goal of forest policies.
The new healthy forest policies are sound steps in the right direction and should be expanded.
The Clinton Administration has said it is committed to shifting forest policy toward conservation.
But almost all of that change has occurred because of China's new forest policy, she said.
The administration's new forest policies also seem ripe for legal challenge.
Whatever this new forest policy is, it seems to be saving only the trees on China's home soil.
The move sets the stage for a broader review of long-term forest policy.
By adopting this report, however, we have stressed the need for a stronger commitment to environmental protection in forest policy.
To achieve this, the Oregon legislature has empowered the board to establish forest policy within the state.
You have to wonder when the Bush administration is going to stop ramming its head against the same wall on forest policy.