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Pack Your Trunks
California's Timber Appetite Spells Trouble for World's Forests |
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06 Oct 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Pack Your Trunks California's Timber Appetite Spells Trouble for World's Forests As California strives to protect its own forests, rising demand for wood in the state is fueling logging far afield, in Oregon, the southeastern U.S., Canada, and even Europe. According to a new report by the state Department of Forestry, California imports about 75 percent of its wood and paper products. The problem is ... |
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| Topics: California, Canada, green living, logging, wilderness (all these topics) |
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