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Shameful Centenary After 100 years of Forest Service management, our national forests face a profound crisis. The agency continues to sanction subsidized logging operations that drain public coffers and refuses to acknowledge the threat of destruction to our last ancient stands; it blithely puts timber cutting before heritage, recreation, and habitat preservation. Hardly a cause for celebration - but an unprecedented opportunity for the public to demand change. Check out our special report: Timber!! One Hundred Years Later, the U.S. Forest Service Still Sees Our Forests Only for the Trees. by B.J. Bergman Sierra Club Forest Reform Campaign Behind the 'Forest Health' Hoax Grassroots Into the Woods by Sarah Fallon Task Force Advances 'No-Cut' by Marie Dolcini A Brief History of National Forests by Kristen Sykes Use Wood? What You Can Do http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/199706/intro.asp Up to Top