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Your article on the clash between Earth First activists trying to save redwoods in California's Humboldt County and the Pacific Lumber Co. [ENVIRONMENT, Sept. 28] was imbalanced and inaccurate. You charged that the Interior Department is engaged in "federal nonfeasance" in negotiating habitat conservation plans (HCPs) with landowners under the Endangered Species Act. The fact is, Congress created the HCP process to reduce conflicts between listed species and economic development. HCPs do provide for long-term conservation of species. HCPs allow us to rely on protected habitats for species across wide tracts of land for years to come, which...
Nothing breeds curiosity, ill-will, fantasy or 5 a.m. fire alarms quite like the firedoor. That forbidden "In case of fire, strike; tampering forbidden; penalty" bizarrely located and not-at-all-soundproof piece of wood and metal is all that stands between your Harvard habitat and the great beyond. There it stands, inviting the inquiring mind. Perhaps your true love, worst enemy, or a room set-up that looks like a palace lies beyond the door. And can the people over there hear you talking about private issues...
...target for his congressional critics. But the four-year-old program has won over skeptics by emphasizing its grass-roots structure and its alliance with respected nonprofit organizations around the country. Members are selected by and work for such groups as Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity. AmeriCorps prevailed on a key Senate funding vote in July by 58 to 37, winning over such former Republican critics as RICK SANTORUM of Pennsylvania and Daniel Coats of Indiana. On Friday, Clinton will preside at a White House swearing-in ceremony marking the program's 100,000th member...
...National Audubon Society asks that people help birds help themselves by drinking shade-grown coffee. The practice of razing the rainforest to grow coffee in full sun destroys the habitat for many migratory songbirds. Traditional shade-growing preserves the habitat for these birds. Not surprisingly, the Audubon Society sells shade-grown java beans called Cafe Audubon (say it with a French accent). Next time in Starbucks, order an "organic shade-grown skim latte." Do it for the birds...
...significant improvements California made to the Deal, compared with what had been negotiated over the past two years. This legislation requires Pacific Lumber to set aside, for 50 years, an additional 7,000 acres of ancient redwoods that will be off limits to all logging and protected as habitat for the threatened marbled murrelet. The company is also required to set aside an additional 11,000 acres in no-cut buffers next to streams critical to the survival of the endangered coho salmon. It is unfortunate that you characterized what we achieved as saving a few "scraps" of wildlife habitat...