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...Torrents of hot mud went coursing down the mountainside, flattening trees for miles around and turning the Toutle River into a flood of sludge that swept away several bridges. The eruption killed 34 people, demolished 178 homes and devastated hundreds of thousands of acres, much of it rich timber land. By the time the dust cleared, 150 sq. mi. of once green countryside lay lifeless, under what looked like a heavy fall of gray snow...
...Watt has proposed "unlocking" many of the more than 500 million federal acres under his protection for mining, timbering and grazing, despite evidence that those lands now available for development are not being properly used. The Secretary supports proposed legislation that would make it easier for oil and timber interests to prevent the designation, by Congress, of new wilderness areas in national forests...
...American people is to provide the instrument of organization in sector after sector." When this begins to happen. Nader says, "people begin to realize that they should control what they already own, like millions of dollars in pension funds, the public airways, the public lands and minerals and resources, timber--all of which are now owned by the American people and controlled by a handful of corporations...
...politically controversial moves. Families that in theory do not meet the new hardship requirements may find it difficult to raise tuition funds. In assessing a student's ability to pay for his schooling, Bates takes into account the family's assets-which may include things such as timber lots that cannot be translated into any form of ready cash...
Washington has a great say over who gets how much of the waters of the Colorado River, and what will be charged for the right to graze cattle. Washington decides how much timber will be cut from the forests and who will mine gold on the land...