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New Washington Public Lands chief defends pause on logging ‘almost old-growth forests’
Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting... Read Story ...
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Timber sale pause has small local impact, contributes to DNR’s funding uncertainty
State foresters are reckoning with a six-month delay imposed on the sale and harvest of older groves by new Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove. Upthegrove made a campaign promise ...
Federal judge pauses Maine's new waiting period for gun sales
A federal judge has granted a request from gun rights groups to temporarily pause a new three-day waiting period on firearm purchases. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker said in Thursday's order ...