By Dominick DellaSala – Guest Column
News Review
January 02, 2008
The Bureau of Land Management is basing its Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR) on a narrow interpretation of the Oregon and California Railroad Act (O&C Act). However, lead by noted conservationist Harold Ickes, the Department of Interior drafted the O&C Act in 1937 with the goal of conserving forest resources and creating a “… management plan for permanent forest protection…” Read more…