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xveport: Job potential 

 linked to reforestation 



By BARRY FINNEMORE 

 only Joutnil ol Commarct 



Mote ihan 7,000 forestry 

 jobs eichcr could be 

 maintained or created by 

 taking advartagr of numerous 

 "intensive m.inagem-nt opporru- 



private and public limbcrland in 

 the North-vest, according to a 

 report released Tuesday. 



The 60-page document, com- 

 missioned by the Northivcst 

 Reforestation Contractors Asso- 

 ciation, indicates that site prepa- 

 ration, tree planting and 



cial thinning, prunirg and fer- 

 tilization hold long-term 

 economic and environmental 

 benefits for the region. 



The report cxp.'csscd conc*rii 

 that the U.S. Forest Service 



would not carry out intensive 

 management work due to fund- 

 ing problems, and it criticized 

 the Bureau of Land Management 

 for failing to keep pace with 

 intensive management needs. 

 The report idenlificj a "nuin- 



opportupities" in Oregon and 

 Washington that can boost wood 

 fiber availability into the next 

 century. It warned, ho-vever, that 

 employment figures arc projec- 

 tions based on per person pro- 

 duction estimates that could 

 "vary widely." 



An association spokesman 

 expressed ^rl^c "that the report 

 would be used by state and fed- 

 eral officials and others to help 

 resolve the Northwest limber cti- 



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