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...That would slash by more than one-third timber production on federal lands, which accounts for nearly 40% of the region's total harvest. The possible result: mill closings and cutbacks costing 30,000 jobs over the next decade. Real estate prices would tumble, and states and counties that depend on shares of the revenue from timber sales on federal land could see those funds plummet. Oregon would be hardest hit, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, wages and salaries, say state officials. By decade's end the plan could cost the U.S. Treasury $229 million in lost...
...much ancient forest is enough? The question is not just one of aesthetics or recreational adequacy. No one knows how much forest is needed to sustain an intricate and little understood ecosystem upon which animals and plants, and, yes, man too, depend. What is known is that the old growth plays an integral role in regulating water levels and quality, cleaning the air, enhancing the productivity of fisheries and enriching the stability and character of the soil. "We're probably just on the edge in terms of our understanding," says Eric Forsman, a biologist with the Forest Service...
Journalists often depend on the goodwill of strangers. On assignment, Stanley and Nachtwey learned that Pakistani police were preventing foreigners from crossing the border into Afghanistan. Nachtwey began to grow a beard and donned guerrilla garb in order to pass through in a truck with a group of mujahedin. Stanley crawled into a burlap bag and hid among sacks filled with wheat. "On the one hand, I was scared," she recalls. "On the other hand, I felt absurd." On the way back, Stanley rode openly with the rebels, but dressed in a burka, a head-to-toe Muslim garment...
...drift away from its academic mission, narrow-minded in its pursuit of dollars and closed to outside influence, until it loses its national preeminence? Or will it accept its responsibility as an educational institution, open its decision-making structures, and adapt for the future? The answer will largely depend on who is the next president...
Although the guidelines' effectiveness depend largely on the performance of the to-be-named committee, and although the new committee's powers and composition are still uncertain, Med School faculty were optimistic that the committee would gradually develop a sense for what activities should be prohibited...