U.S. Shifts Policy on Sierra — Trees, Wildlife Protected “The U.S. Forest Service unveiled a
long-awaited management plan for the
Sierra Nevada yesterday, signaling drastic
cutbacks in logging and sweeping
protections for old-growth trees and
endangered species.

The plan’s dramatic shift in policy sparked
predictable responses from
environmentalists, who enthusiastically
endorsed it, and timber industry
advocates, who vehemently opposed it.” SF Chronicle