An interesting list of organizations who supported bad forest bill

A few days ago, the U.S. House passed the "Healthy Forests Restoration Act
of 2003." The bill would facilitate damaging logging in national forests and
on Bureau of Land Management lands, would restrict the right of citizens to
appeal logging projects, undermines key environmental laws, and drastically
limit both the time for filing such appeals as well as the time allowed for
judicial review. The legislation would allow new roads in roadless areas,
and provide an additional $125 million in subsidies for logging in national
forests.

Here is the interesting list of organizations who formally endorsed the
bill.  The list includes agriculture groups, organized  labor, professional
foresters and wildlife managers. Among the agriculture groups, organized
labor, professional foresters and wildlife managers  that endorsed the bill
are:

American Farm Bureau
American Forest and Paper Association
Association of Oregon and California Counties
American Legislative Exchange Council
Americans for Responsible Recreational Access
Association of California Water Agencies
Blue Ribbon Coalition
Defenders of Property Rights
Environmental Defense
Freedom for America League
Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
National Association of Counties
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of State Foresters
National Hardwood Lumber Association
National Mining Association
National Volunteer Fire
National Water Resources Association
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union
(PACE)
Project Protect
Society of American Foresters
State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Wildlife Society
Wildlife Management Institute.

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