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An Op-Ed in the August 12, 2003 edition of ''The New York Times'' -- [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/opinion/12TUE5.html?th A Misdirected Forest Strategy] -- points out the fact that President [[George Walker Bush]]'s plans for the '''Healthy Forests Initiative''', announced last year against the backdrop of the Biscuit fire in southern Oregon, "on close inspection has less to do with preventing forest fires than it does with helping his friends in the [[timber industry]]."
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An Op-Ed in the August 12, 2003 edition of ''The New York Times''—[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/opinion/12TUE5.html?th A Misdirected Forest Strategy]—points out the fact that President [[George Walker Bush]]'s plans for the '''Healthy Forests Initiative''', announced last year against the backdrop of the Biscuit fire in southern Oregon, "on close inspection has less to do with preventing forest fires than it does with helping his friends in the [[timber industry]]."
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== Related SourceWatch Resources ==
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*[[Bush administration]]
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*[[Bush/Republican Initiatives]]
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*[[Christine Todd Whitman]]
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*[[Mike Leavitt]]
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*[[special interest]]
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== External links ==
 
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/healthyforests/ White House Healthy Forests] web information, including numerous links to articles and announcements.
 
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/healthyforests/ White House Healthy Forests] web information, including numerous links to articles and announcements.
 
*[http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/hfi/ US Department of Agriculture's Healthy Forests Initiative] (HFI) web information.
 
*[http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/hfi/ US Department of Agriculture's Healthy Forests Initiative] (HFI) web information.
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*[http://www.ems.org/wildfires/healthy_forests.html "Healthy Forests Initiative": Background & Reaction], ''Environmental Media Services''. Last updated May 22, 2003.
 
*[http://www.ems.org/wildfires/healthy_forests.html "Healthy Forests Initiative": Background & Reaction], ''Environmental Media Services''. Last updated May 22, 2003.
 
*Bill LaCroix, [http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2003/08/01/build/forests/deeppockets-op.php?nnn=5 Guest Opinion: Deep pockets behind 'Healthy Forests Initiative'], ''Montana Standard''/''Montana Forum.com'', August 1, 2003: LaCroix "recently received a slick pamphlet in the mail promoting Bush's '''Healthy Forest Initiative''' paid for by [[Project Protect]], and [assumed that] everyone else in the Bitterroot and beyond got one, too... Out of curiosity as to who put up the money for such a massive mailing, [LaCroix] logged onto their Web site, http:www.LandSense.us .... [which linked to] the [[Evergreen Foundation]], a timber industry organization with the representatives from [[Weyerhaeuser]], [[Boise-Cascade]] and [[Potlatch]] sitting on its board of directors and a nasty article about how 'radical environmentalists are blocking projects focused on protecting homes and families from wildfires.'"
 
*Bill LaCroix, [http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2003/08/01/build/forests/deeppockets-op.php?nnn=5 Guest Opinion: Deep pockets behind 'Healthy Forests Initiative'], ''Montana Standard''/''Montana Forum.com'', August 1, 2003: LaCroix "recently received a slick pamphlet in the mail promoting Bush's '''Healthy Forest Initiative''' paid for by [[Project Protect]], and [assumed that] everyone else in the Bitterroot and beyond got one, too... Out of curiosity as to who put up the money for such a massive mailing, [LaCroix] logged onto their Web site, http:www.LandSense.us .... [which linked to] the [[Evergreen Foundation]], a timber industry organization with the representatives from [[Weyerhaeuser]], [[Boise-Cascade]] and [[Potlatch]] sitting on its board of directors and a nasty article about how 'radical environmentalists are blocking projects focused on protecting homes and families from wildfires.'"
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*Terence Chea, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001753.html "Judge Rules on Road Ban in Forests,"] Associated Press (''Washington Post''), November 30, 2006.
  
== Other Related SourceWatch Resources ==
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[[Category:Environment]][[Category:US government]]
 
 
*[[Bush administration]]
 
*[[Bush/Republican Initiatives]]
 
*[[Mike Leavitt]]
 
*[[special interest]]
 
*[[Christine Todd Whitman]]
 

Latest revision as of 03:15, 11 August 2008

An Op-Ed in the August 12, 2003 edition of The New York TimesA Misdirected Forest Strategy—points out the fact that President George Walker Bush's plans for the Healthy Forests Initiative, announced last year against the backdrop of the Biscuit fire in southern Oregon, "on close inspection has less to do with preventing forest fires than it does with helping his friends in the timber industry."


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