Roni (Veronnica) Pham's List: Logging in Oregon

• Oregon law requires  reforestation after timber harvest.
• 1960
   The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act lists five basic uses of national  forests: outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish.
• 1970
   The National Environmental Policy Act is enacted
• requires resource protection during logging
• Congress passes the Endangered  Species Act.
• 1975
   No large area of timber in the state is worked on a sustained-yield basis. Western Oregon begins to consider banning exports and using special methods to speed regrowth.

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