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Hey people here is something from WCWC Canada:

Three BIG Whoppers about forestry:

WHOPPER: #1: Logging our watersheds is only done to improve water quality.
TRUTH: Logging increases erosion, run-off and silt in our reservoirs which
inevitably degrades water quality. logging is done because the bureaucrats
in charge of it want to keep their jobs
.
WHOPPER: #2: Logging reduces fire hazard.
TRUTH: Logging leaves cut-over areas with slash open to the direct sun
which dry out and increase fire hazard.

WHOPPER: #3: Old growth rainforests are full of sick, diseased and
decadent trees. A young forest is more healthy.
TRUTH: Old growth rainforests are healthy ecosystems which have evolved
over thousands of years  to be  more resistant to insects and disease.
They are naturally regenerating, with trees of all different ages. 
Decaying wood retains water and supports new life.  The needles of big,
old trees filter water and their roots hold soils in place.  A young
even-aged forest which follows clearcutting is much more prone to fire,
insects, disease and erosion.

If you all would write or call or e-mail President Clinton  and vice
President Gore, your congresspersons and forest service "officials" maybe
we can stop the clearcutting of our national forests.  Contact your local
ecology center for more info.