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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.2895 Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009</title>
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  <updated>2010-11-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4000 sources, including ...</title>
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    <updated>2010-11-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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``As the administration expressed in testimony on S. 2895, we have reservations about legislating specific treatment levels and other aspects of our forest plans. However, I believe the approach and hard work of the stakeholders in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&amp;amp;orgId=574&amp;amp;topicId=100007410&amp;amp;docId=l:1294980245&amp;amp;start=21&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Forestry budget slash, Roadless extension, more &#8211; Natural Resource ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-11:/commentary/8690183</id>
    <updated>2010-07-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Natural Resource Report </name>
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It took testimony on Senator Ron Wyden&amp;#39;s controversial election-year bill (S.2895), which offers a distasteful compromise that would attempt to increase thinning east of the Cascades. For decades environmentalists have litigated to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://naturalresourcereport.com/2010/07/forestry-budget-slash-roadless-extension-more/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The biomass debate - Tasmanian Times</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-23:/commentary/8615735</id>
    <updated>2010-06-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Tasmanian Times </name>
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Opponents at the S. 2895 hearing in Bend, Oregon on June 4 included the Oregon Sierra Club and Cascadia&amp;#39;s Ecosystem Advocates. Contact Carl Ross (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) to sign your group (if you have ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/nvc-article/the-biomass-debate/show_comments&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tasmanian Times</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-23:/commentary/8560675</id>
    <updated>2010-06-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Tasmanian Times </name>
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Opponents at the S. 2895 hearing in Bend, Oregon on June 4 included the Oregon Sierra Club and Cascadia&amp;#39;s Ecosystem Advocates. Contact Carl Ross (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) to sign your group (if you have ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/nvc-article/the-biomass-debate/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Biofuels Watch: Biomass Busters newsletter: a real eye-opener!!</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-22:/commentary/8554523</id>
    <updated>2010-06-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Biofuels Watch </name>
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Opponents at the S. 2895 hearing in Bend, Oregon on June 4 included the Oregon Sierra Club and Cascadia&amp;#39;s Ecosystem Advocates. Contact Carl Ross (carl@saveamericasforests.org) to sign your group (if you have one) on to a letter opposing ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bio-fuel-watch.blogspot.com/2010/06/biomass-busters-newsletter-real-eye.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NFH ACTION BLOG&#187; Blog Archive &#187; C2 &amp;amp; Cabin Owners Attend Wyden Hearing</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-06:/commentary/8452762</id>
    <updated>2010-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Last Friday, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) was in Bend, OR to hold the second hearing on his bill, S. 2895, to overhaul management of Central and Eastern Oregon forests. With him were the Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands and Forests ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nationalforesthomeowners.org/leadership/?p=337&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>portland imc - 2010.06.04 - Sen. Wyden Bill: A Boon for Forest ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-06-03:/commentary/8442960</id>
    <updated>2010-06-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>portland indymedia - oregon &amp; cascadia newswire </name>
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Wyden&amp;#39;s legislation (S. 2895) aims to implement 20 year forest biomass extraction contracts and logging of trees up to 150 years old in eastern Oregon public forests. If enacted this will set horrible precedence for all western forests ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/06/400075.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Place-based Bills &amp;amp; Agreements: Defining Characteristic #3 ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-05-25:/commentary/8375164</id>
    <updated>2010-05-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>A New Century of Forest Planning </name>
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In representing Oregon Wild in favor of Senator Wyden&amp;#39;s bill, Andy Kerr similarly acknowledges the challenges of securing adequate funding to implement S. 2895: The best source of funds to pay down this ecological debt&#8212;by undertaking ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/place-based-bills-agreements-defining-characteristic-3-frustration-with-status-quo-and-desire-for-change/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>UM forestry professor aims to put Tester bill into bigger context ...</title>
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    <updated>2010-05-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A new reference table on the blog compares Tester&amp;#39;s bill, asimilar bill from Oregon (S. 2895), the Northeast WashingtonForestry Coalition Blueprint, the Lakeview Stewardship Group(Fremont-Winema National Forest), Clearwater Basin ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wpparty.com/2010/05/18/um-forestry-professor-aims-to-put-tester-bill-into-bigger-context/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Blog Evang&#233;lico: Os Bilh&#245;es do Vaticano - parte 54</title>
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    <updated>2010-05-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Essa mesma tribo de &#237;ndios foi obrigada a entregar 4,78 acres de sua terra tribal a Little Flower Mission da diocese de S. Claude por S. 2895 (3). O &#237;mpeto das aquisi&#231;&#245;es da Igreja Cat&#243;lica de terras valiosas, tem crescido mais ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pccdd.blogspot.com/2010/05/os-bilhoes-do-vaticano-parte-54.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sierra Club Weighs in on Senator Wyden&amp;#39;s Eastside Legislation ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-09:/commentary/7814852</id>
    <updated>2010-03-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Oregon Sierra Club Blog </name>
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At the top of our list of concerns about S. 2895 are the mandated annual acreage targets and unreasonable pressure to produce sawlogs and maintain mill infrastructure that we believe will undermine the restoration goals of the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://orsierraclub.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/sierra-club-weighs-in-on-senator-wydens-eastside-legislation/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Place-based Bills &amp;amp; Agreements: Defining Characteristic #1: The ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-07:/commentary/7792983</id>
    <updated>2010-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>A New Century of Forest Planning </name>
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Senator Wyden&amp;#39;s Bill (S. 2895) is most direct in this regard, as it prohibits the cutting of live trees exceeding 21 inches in diameter (with some exceptions). Old growth is also addressed in the Colville and Fremont-Winema MOUs, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/place-based-bills-agreements-defining-characteristic-1-the-search-for-more-certainty-in-forest-management-3/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Place-Based Forest Bills &amp;amp; Agreements &#171; A New Century of Forest ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-07:/commentary/7789117</id>
    <updated>2010-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>A New Century of Forest Planning </name>
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Another controversial bill is Senator Wyden&amp;#39;s S. 2895, the Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009. While these bills receive national attention, there are place-based initiatives happening on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/place-based-forest-bills-agreements/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Diesel soars, Timber benefit justified, Forest carbon doubts ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-14:/commentary/7581172</id>
    <updated>2010-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Natural Resource Report </name>
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Senator Introduces Eastside Bill: US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the &amp;#39;Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act,&amp;#39; S. 2895&#8212;which would add more bureaucracy and promised increase in national forest ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://naturalresourcereport.com/2010/02/timber-update-2/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 2895, The Oregon Eastside Forests ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-12-15:/commentary/7462107</id>
    <updated>2009-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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US Congress: S. 2895, The Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200522249.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2895: A bill to restore forest ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-12-15:/commentary/7004465</id>
    <updated>2009-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] introduced this bill. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-2895&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 2895, A bill to restore forest landscapes ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-12-15:/commentary/7004464</id>
    <updated>2009-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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US Congress: S. 2895, A bill to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_SN_2895.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.2895: A bill to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-12-15:/commentary/6975564</id>
    <updated>2009-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.2895 A bill to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests of the State ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2895/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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