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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8024
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1992 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd
Legislature 1992 Regular Session
Read first time 02/04/92.Petitioning congress for the right to salvage downed
timber in the Olympic National Forest.
TO THE
HONORABLE GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND
TO THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE:
We,
your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and
petition as follows:
WHEREAS, The timber industry
in the State of Washington is in serious economic decline; and
WHEREAS, Timber jobs, which
support the communities, families, and related businesses, are in jeopardy due
to altered policies caused by the program for the protection of the spotted owl
and changes in the timber industry; and
WHEREAS, Timber which has
been blown down in several national forests in this state can be salvaged and
consists of an estimated total of seventy million one hundred thirty thousand
board feet; and
WHEREAS, A carefully
supervised removal of downed trees using environmentally sound silviculture
methods can produce timber for local mills while at the same time leaving an
undamaged old growth forest; and
WHEREAS, Some logs can be
left to decay and contribute to rich, fresh soil; and
WHEREAS, Careful removal of
the timber using existing roads will reduce the potential for extensive bug
infestation and major wildfires that could damage the forest; and
WHEREAS, Salvage sales could
provide fifteen to twenty jobs per million board feet of salvaged timber; and
WHEREAS, The sales are
supported by the Governor's Timber Policy Team as well as the legislature;
NOW, THEREFORE, Your
Memorialists respectfully pray that the President and Congress pass legislation
authorizing the United States Forest Service to offer salvage sales of blown
down timber in the Pacific Northwest National Forests allowing the state to
reap the economic and environmental benefits.
BE IT
RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the
Honorable George Bush, President of the United States, the United States Forest
Service, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and to each member of Congress from the State of Washington.
