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BORN: Sept. 8, 1941, Cape Girardeau EDUCATION: Southeast Missouri State U, B.S., 1963 FAMILY: Husband, Robert; one child, one stepchild RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Timber-company owner; newspaper publisher; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 676, Farmington...
Oregon's larger towns--including Eugene, Corvallis and Portland--are enclaves of high-tech industry, university students and environmentalists. Loggers in the Cascade Mountains, millworkers in towns like Roseburg ("Timber Capital of the Nation") and eastern Oregon farmers and ranchers, however, are more conservative, fueling the ongoing "lumber wars" and keeping the state's delegation to the House divided. In the Senate, two Republicans have held sway for nearly 30 years, but the party's dominance may be coming to an abrupt end: earlier this year, the disgraced Bob Packwood was replaced by a Democrat, and now Mark Hatfield...
Carter spooked the timber interests as never before. If passed, the ban would be the most severe restriction on timber harvests in the country. "It would devastate the forest-products industry," says Vic Berardelli, its spokesman in Augusta. The industry responded with a $1.8 million war chest to try to defeat the referendum--a huge effort in Maine...
...third alternative, forged among centrist environmentalists, Governor Angus King and the big landowners, emerged in June to blunt both extremes. Under the Compact for Maine's Forests, big timber companies could clear-cut no more than 1% of their land each year, and the maximum allowable clear-cut would shrink from 250 to 75 acres. More important in the long run, they would abide by voluntary standards to preserve sustainable levels of tree harvesting, and protect soil, water and biodiversity. The compact also would create a compliance system managed by independent auditors...
...them at all," he warns. King counters that the total ban would cost the state 15,000 jobs and over $1 billion. "Jonathan [Carter] asked the right question, but he gave the wrong answer," says King. "His program would be a disaster for Maine." Perhaps. But without Carter, the timber industry never would have negotiated in the first place. A clear majority of Maine voters now opposes the status quo. The days of the paper plantation may be waning...