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...grazing lands. With the blessing of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, the Interior chief plans to revitalize the National Park Service and increase the protection of endangered species. But his most politically complex mission is to scale back once sacred subsidies for those who use federal lands: miners, the timber industry, and cattle and sheep ranchers...
...Also likely to come under scrutiny are below-cost timber sales at Babbitt's sister agency, the Agriculture Department. The government is currently losing money on logging operations in more than half of its 155 national forests. The U.S. spends money to build roads and make the timber accessible but then often sells it cheap. Over the past 14 years, the U.S. has subsidized logging companies to the tune of $8.5 billion, according to Robert Wolf, a forestry economist...
Western diplomats believed that the process would wither the Khmer Rouge's power. What they failed to predict was the communists' ability to finance their own arms purchases from the sale of timber and gems in areas they control along the border with Thailand, which with Thai assistance they have savagely pillaged at great cost to the environment. The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on the Khmer Rouge, to little avail...
Sorry. It won't work. But that doesn't mean that Buttermilk isn't fun and exciting. The black Timber Doodle Glade run will certainly quicken your pulse as you maneuver through trees and moguls, cursing the inventor of the ski lift. When you get tired, take a nice, easy green or blue run down to the bottom...
...Congress awarded the 60,000 native peoples of Alaska $962 million and 40 million acres to settle their land claims. Natives have used the funds to invest in companies involved in everything from timber to broadcasting...