And forget about any and all of the other "products" that a biologically diverse and productive forest can produce as well. And forget about the future. And forget about giving another generation some choices in how they want the forestst to be managed and which "products" are important to them as well. On Sun, 16 Apr 1995, Warren Flick wrote: > Dear netters: > > I have been receiving flaming appeals through "forest" to stop one thing > after another. Most have to do with extractive uses of public lands. > > Let's all write the president and tell him we approve of extractive uses. I > hope the Timber Salvage Rider passes. > > It is high time we stopped converting our Nation's forests to little more > than preserves to sooth the delicate sensibilities of those elitists who > abhor timbering in almost any form. These people care little for the men and > women who depend on employment in manufacturing industries such as forest > producst. They care little for all the science that underpins sensible > forest management. > > Let's defeat this fringe element and help our national forests return to > sensible programs in which timber can be harvested, reforested, and grown to > provide products that all of us buy and use. > > > Warren A. Flick > School of Forestry > Auburn University, AL 36849-5418 > > Telephone: (334)844-1051 > FAX: (334)844-1084 > e-mail: flick@forestry.auburn.edu > >
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