Raw Log Exports. Is It Legal? Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy Society
Section 127 of BC's Forest Act bans the export of raw logs from British Columbia; however section 128 allows the minister of forests to grant exemption permits for raw log exports under strict conditions: if the timber is surplus to the needs of B.C. mills or cannot be processed economically in British Columbia.
Lawsuit Challenges Forest Service Plans to Clearcut Premier Alaska National Forest U.S. Newswire
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging Forest Service plans to resume wide scale clearcutting of Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The Tongass National Forest, at 16.8 million acres, is the nation's largest national forest.