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Article regarding the national forests of Oregon and Washington being among the best managed and most productive forests in the world, “The Reforestation Record Growth” attached to a photo of blooming flowers and of Mel Greenup, Siskiyou National Forest Silviculturalist, Medford, OR. The Mail Tribune, May 28, 1989

Article regarding the battle over old growth forests and spotted owls, “Timber Industry Using Same Old Tactics That Lost Earlier Battles” by Joel Connelly, D.C. Correspondent. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 2, 1989

Article regarding the high price for Douglas fir lumber causing the region’s sawmills to lose business, “Lumber Prices Force Businesses Elsewhere” Portland, OR. The Mail Tribune, June 2, 1989

Article regarding timber exporting to Grays Harbor to be loaded on ships to the Pacific Rim, “As Mills Close, States, Private Logs Sail East” by Jim Klahn of the Associated Press, Seattle, WA. The Mail Tribune, June 2, 1989

Article with facts and statistics on the forests of Oregon and Washington, “A Timber Community Message For America, How Much Old Growth?” attached to a bar graph of tree growth and a photo of Les Olson, Brookings logger. The Mail Tribune, June 4, 1989

Letters to the editor: “Owls Can Fly” regarding the Endangered Species Act and the spotted owl, by Mr. and Mrs. Stan Snook; “Industry Lives” regarding the controversy over protection of the spotted owl, by Gordon Borchgrevink; “Future Can Be Bright” regarding continued old-growth destruction in southern Oregon, by Wade Norman. The Mail Tribune, June 4, 1989

Article regarding journalists and environmentalists taking flights that range from Canada to Central America to view chopped forests, “Pilots Using Overview to Fight Logging” attached to an overview photo of mountains by Angela Gottschalk of the Seattle Times. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 11, 1989

Article regarding the importance of the principle of sustained yield forestry, “A Timber Community Message For America, Sustained Yield Forestry” attached to a photo of Russ McKinley, western Oregon area chief forester for Boise Cascade Corporation, Medford, OR. The Mail Tribune, June 12, 1989

Article regarding the 117th anniversary of the first Arbor Day celebration, “A Timber Community Message For America, A Tree For Every American” attached to a photo of Lew Krauss, owner of Rough & Ready Lumber. The Mail Tribune, June 19, 1989

Article regarding the debate of whether federal forest land should be held accountable for producing a share of the woof fiber the nation consumes annually or not, “A Timber Community Message For America, America’s Conservation Ethic” attached to a photo of Mack Brown, timber manager for South Coast Lumber Company in Brookings, OR. The Mail Tribune, July 3, 1989