The Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR), aka, 'the Whopper'
O Little Town in Oregon
Truthout's Environmental Editor Kelpie Wilson describes how a small town in the state of Oregon, desperate to raise much needed funding is "casting their lot with the Bush administration by supporting what locals call 'the Whopper.' The 'Whopper' goes back to 2003, when the Bush administration decided not to fight a timber industry case against the Northwest Forest Plan. Even though the timber industry's case was seen as weak and headed for defeat in court, the federal government settled it by agreeing to a new forest plan for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Oregon. The new plan is called the Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR), aka, 'the Whopper.'"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010108J.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=timber
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kelpie+Wilson
Truthout's Environmental Editor Kelpie Wilson describes how a small town in the state of Oregon, desperate to raise much needed funding is "casting their lot with the Bush administration by supporting what locals call 'the Whopper.' The 'Whopper' goes back to 2003, when the Bush administration decided not to fight a timber industry case against the Northwest Forest Plan. Even though the timber industry's case was seen as weak and headed for defeat in court, the federal government settled it by agreeing to a new forest plan for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Oregon. The new plan is called the Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR), aka, 'the Whopper.'"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010108J.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=timber
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kelpie+Wilson
rudkla - 1. Jan, 22:54
