The old-growth forest conflict is part of the evolving debate over how to use the federal
public lands. This study documents the origins and development of the old-growth issue through
1989. The controversy began in the early 1970s when scientists initiated studies of old-growth
forests and northern spotted owls, and...
The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management propose to adopt coordinated ecosystem management direction for the lands they administer within the range of the northern spotted owl. This Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SETS) presents as alternatives the options, with slight modifications, developed by the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment...
