Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 14:43:55 -0400
From: "B. Diamond" <bdiamond@athens.net>
Subject: Re: Sierra Club Suit (was forest terminology)
To: "Michael B. Sullivan" <mbsullivan@Magnolia.CFR.MsState.Edu>
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Michael B. Sullivan wrote:
> Speaking of environmental, did you hear what the Sierra Club has done? I
> guess everyone is familar with the south and how we practice Best
> Management Practices (BMP) own our own. Well, the EPA doesn't mind that
> because they see that the south has a good response to self-imposed BMP's.
> Although, the Sierra Club didn't think that that was a good idea. So,
> they took the EPA to court and won. I guess in the near future forestry
> in the south will change as we know it. I mean, hasn't the New England
> states proved that manditory BMP laws doesn't really help anything. I
> guess the Sierra Club doesn't really give a hoot (no pun intended to the
> Pacific Northwest) about the people and their welfare. I guess I'll get
> of my soap box, now. Email me your opinions on this subject.
>
Brad,
On what legal grounds did the Sierra Club win their suit? Do the SE
BMP's fail to meet NFMA, FLPMA, or other law's requirements?
BD
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