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Show B3 Aspen Rescue DrawsShare Of Criticism HeadStart @ Continued from B-1 @ Continued from B-1 family homes) from 6,800 acres. Theland then would be burned to discrimination and filed griev. teachers and staff are worried about losing state benefits they receive by being district employ: ees, aswell as losing jobs ortaking ay cuts Administration Likely to Change working conditions, said Kay Kohlman, a member of Salt Lake Head Start’s parent board. She believesthe district “wants out so they can stop dealing with this group of troublemakers. Kohlmansaid district officials also did not like working under the federal guidelines that require employee hiring andfirings to go before the parent council, even though parents have never gone against a district recom do environmentalists, who have been pushing ecological restoration for decades, think of the Monroe project? Theyhateit. The approachis far too aggressive, they say. Too much timber cutting. Too many newroads. Not enough control of grazing. Not enough burning. “This is not an ecosystem restoration project,” says Jim Catlin ofthe Wild Utah Forest Campaign. The plan is “doomed to failure” unlessit reduces grazing significantly and allowsfor morefire, he The plan also is destined for appealsandlitigation. Initiatives like the Monroe mendation. Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune Bob Campbell, right, an ecologist with the Fishlake National Forest, tours the Tidwell Slope of the forest with (from left) JoAnn Stenten, Allen Henningson, Rob Mrowka and Ron Sanden. Mountain project are underattack everywhere by environmental groups increasingly concerned that “restoration” has becomejust Restorative Timber Projects Aroundthe State agers to “get out the cut,” a Forest Service term that emphasizes forests: another buzzwordfor forest mantimber harvest. “Restoration has been cor- rupted by our resourcemanagement agencies. It is a Frankenstein monster raging out of control,” says Timothy Ingalsbee, director of the Western Fire Ecology Center in Eugene, Ore. ‘Theterms “ecosystem restoration” and “forest health,” and variations thereof, appear frequently in Forest Service projects around the West. Bryan Bird, of the Santa Febased National Forest Protection Alliance, a coalition of 74 forest watchdog groups, estimates the Forest Service uses “ecosystem restoration” termsto justify half ofall new timberprojects. “I haven't seen anything that comesclose to restoration,” says Dick Carter, a veteran Utah environmentalist who now runs the High Uintas Preservation Council. Environmental groups already havesuccessfully challenged several such projects. Last month, the alliance blocked the “South Spruce Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project,” which would have logged 50 million board feet of timber on 3,870 acres in the Dixie National Forest near Brian Head in southern The project. was intended to halt the expansion ofa beetle in- festation, but environmentalists argue that cutting down trees cannotstop such infestations. Besides, they argue, beetles are a natural part of a forest's ev. olution. “Insects, disease and fire are nature’s built-in processes for replenishingsoils, creating diverse wildlife habitat and regenerating Several of Utah's national forests are planning projects intended, at least in part, to “restore” the & Griffin Springs Resource Management Project, in the Dixie NationalForest,calls for timber harvest and controlledfire, but no newroad construction, on a 12,600-acre area of the Aquarius Plateau about 15 miles northwestofEscalante. @ Adams Head/Mount Dutton Ecosystem ManagementProject, in the Dixie National Forest, calls for prescribed fire on up to 130,000 acres about 30 miles north of Bryce Canyon National Park. & TroutSlope East TimberProject, in the Ashley National Forest, proposes the removal of up to 24 million board feet of timber from dead and dying forests,” says Bird. “The Forest Service is attempting to convince the public that such processes are all bad and that we must use chainsawsto prevent naturefrom along with decades of logging high-gradetrees, has dramatically strophic fire. The appeal has sparked no small debate within the environ. mental community because the initiative was supported by two influential conservation groups, the Flagstaff-based Grand Canyon Trust and the Nature Con servancy. While most environmentalists agree thenation’s forests need to be restored, they disagree on how to do it. Should it be an aggressive approach with chainsaws? Or a president and moving on. The reasonthat [House servativeactivists.” Hartley said Friday that the House Managers PAC’s warchest had grown on the heels of two fund-raisers last week, one of which broughtin “at least$20,000" on Thursday in Washington. Now the PAChasraised an amount“in the neighborhood of $60,000" and has set a goalof reaching “$70,000 by the endofyear.” Anotherof the PAC’s goals is to create a list of at least 500,000 peo: ple's e-mail addresses, or what Hartley described as a “massive database of conservatives,” that could be used in the nextelection. Hartley said the PAC also has paidoff its debts. ‘The MoveOn PACtook in 92 percent ofits $400,000in contribu tions by incrementsof $50orless, suggesting widespread gra: roots support, spokeswoman Joan Blades said Friday, About two thirds of the contributions were given online, and Blades said another big fund-raising push will that were determinedlargelybyfire. ® South Manti SalvageSale, in the Manti-LaSal National Forest, would cut 20 million to 40 million board-feet timber on 6,500 acres of the Wasatch Pla- Managers] PAC probably is not doing wellis because they're not in touch with thereal issues. Joan Blades MoveOnPacspokeswoman = occur soon. Bladessaid the contrast in fund raising between her organization and Cannon's PAC could be ex plained by Americans’ senti ments. As early as December, a Gallup Poll showed 63percentof Americans felt the House Judi ciary Committee, of which Can non is a member, should not recommend impeachment to the full House. “When it came to the original issue of impeachment a sig recent changes in CAP’s funding building and other services such as food service, transportation, accounting and maintenance CAP could rent the building and contractforservices, but likelyat a highercost. And it is doubtful that CAP could put that all in place by Jan. 1 “It makes me sick to even think about it,” Mooresaid But in their statement, district officials said that “regardless of whenatransition wereto occur, the children will continue to be served. The district and CAP are working closely togetherto ensure that the best interests of the chit dren arekeptat theforefront.” But ifthe contract ends Dec. 31, thereis scant timefor that. Kohlman said parents wantthe district to continueto oper programthrough the end of the formula for all its programs. This year, CAP spent $1.7 million to school year to ensure a smooth fund the Salt Lake program. transition. Trenbeath-Murray said CAP will work with the regional offices in Denver onthe best way to make Whatever the Salt Lake District's reasons for nonrenewal, the change. “Weare hoping there won't be anykindof interrup- tion,” shesaid. “We've never done anything like this before. We'll do our best.” miles of new and reconstructed road would be required, as well as helicopters within roadless areas. projects may be stymied for years de-emphasizes the commercialas bring off a marketable product is an extravagance this country cannot afford,” says Tom Twitch- ell, who worksfor a sawmillin the central Utah town of Sigurd. Carter says the nation cannot afford to lose the restoration battle to the timber companies. If done properly, restoration never will benefit the timber industry because few trees will be cut, he Trees will be felled inplace orburned. Naturalfires in the fu ture will be allowed to burn. Roads will be closed, andgrazingwill be reduced. The idea is to restore pect of logging, Bird says. natural processes, not just structure, tothe for likely anytime soon. “Timber harvesting remains andprobably alwayswill be one of our tools for managing the forests,” says Jeanne Higgins, a “As long as we lookatthe forest asa standoftrees for the productionof timber, we are nevergoing to getto the real issue offorest rehabilitation,” Carter say Forest managers say ‘they do Such a shift does not appear Fishlake ranger.“It’s frustrating sometimes because the zero-cut groupsdonot sit downat the table andtalk to us about these things.” Thefrustration of forest man. agers is nothing, though, comparedto that of the timber indus: try, particularly small operators that depend on the national for- for their raw materials. ‘To treat the forests and not notin touch with therealissues. But Hartley countered that “MoveOn wasa knee-jerk reaction to impeachment” based onthe strengthof“a lot ofliberals [who] didn’t wanttosee the president impeached.” He suggested its fundraising got a start” on Cannon's the funding it gives to Salt Lake Head Start by $14,000 because of with kids. What will they doifthey are getting paid less than what they are earning now The financial future ofthe programcould bein jeopardy as well, since the district provided the teau, about 10 miles east of Manti. Approximately 30 go-slow approach that emphasizes a reduction of grazing, an obliter- st CAP announcedthat it would cut programs. Those districts collectively serve 1,000 preschoolers. bring those pine and spruce stands back into an age- ation of roads andthe reintroduction offire? reduced the number of old-growth may have come last month when class balance that approximates historical patterns unless there is a major shift in Forest Service policy one that pines andcreatedanoverloading of fuels that could feed a cata- have so much influence,” said Kohlman, whose second child attends the school. Thefinal straw for the district Granite School District also will see a $168,000 cut over the next five years and the Jordan School District will lose $29,000 for their the Kaibab is overgrown with young trees, a situation that, mostof the Southwesternforests, “They have been running this program for 30 years and now they say they don’t like that parents and about 4 million board feet of Englemann spruce near the summit of Logan Canyor. The purposeis to pines in the Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona. Like In August, membersofthealliance forcedthe Forest Service to delay the “Flagstaff Forest Resto.” whichpropos timber harvesting of ponderosa significant majority supported censuring the boasts“a staff of experienced con: in the Wasatch-Cache NationalForest, calls for the harvestingof3. 5 million board feet of lodgepole pine The groups basically have formed two camps: those who support commercial timber harvesting as a tool for restoration, and those who donot. The latter is “zero-cutters,” appearstobe in the majority. Up against a growing zero-cut campaign, forest restoration runningits course.” impeachment... a @ Continued from B-1 stands. About 18 miles of new roads would be constructed,all outsideof roadless areas. @ Bear Hodges Vegetation Management Project, oem When it cameto the original issue of PAC Lacks Cash Says FEC Report our teachers are single parents ances with the district about stimulate aspen growth. So what says. Wedon’t know what we are going to be getting paid,” said Connie Moore, Matheson School’s teacher representative. “A lot of “massive head: PACbut that heimagines “their impact is trailing off dramatically” impeach not have the budget for restoration projects that do not include a timbersaletooffset the costs. Under current funding schemes, theyareright, acknowl. edges Ingaisbee. True restoration will requirea redistribution of the federal budget one that directs money awayfrom timber subsidies and fire suppression. “This is our small attempt as managersto reach out,” Cannon told supporters at a Provo fund raiser in May, where the Mormon politician lamented that about 3 million Christian conservatives did not vote in last year’s election. “Weneedto energize our base and that's part of what we'retrying to do here.” ment fades in memory. “We haven't really started a hard-core, aggressive outreach yet,” Hartley said. “People are just starting to pay attention to the next election cycle,” Cannon organized the House Managers PACin March for the 13 House members who served as prosecutors in the impeachment trial of President Clinton, which ended with the Sena acquittal of the president on Feb. 12. Ready.~Ma de Metal Frames eine T Seas A TRUHMUTAoN One Delicisus Gift FREE Windshield! "Glass Act will waive up to $125.00 ofyourInsurance Deductible. 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