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Sierra Club Forests Report 1998: Stewardship, Not Stumps America's National Forests have been a source of beauty, a place for recreation, a haven for wildlife, and a supplier of timber resources for over 100 years. Unsustainable timber production, now the dominant use of our National Forests, has led to ecological breakdown - a patchwork of logging roads, disrupted wildlife habitat, and polluted water sources. To restore true ecological health to America's forest habitats we must stop commercial logging on federal forests. Report Contents Introduction: National Forests at the Crossroads Forests Protect Our Water Resources Healthy Forests Mean Water, Wildlife and Work A Tale of Two Cities - and Their Drinking Water Salem and Portland Depend on Clean Water from Oregon's Cascade Range Idaho's Panhandle Lives with a Deadly Legacy Reckless Logging, Toxic Mining Wastes, '100-Year' Floods Protecting America's Natural Forest Habitat No Forests, No Future by Dave Foreman John Muir's Tongass The Last, Best Chance for America's Rainforest Keep California's Dillon Creek Wild Logging Forest Roadless Areas: A Lesson in How Not to Rebuild Trust Black Bears at Risk Forest Service Pursues Vermont Logging Project Southeast Forests Up for Grabs Forest Habitats Under Siege: Louisiana & Alabama Making The Government Accountable Forest Service Indictment A Mountain of Evidence Timber Business As Usual in the Black Hills Forest Service's 'Model' Plan Keeps Logging As Top Priority Songbirds' Pleas Fall on Deaf Ears Forest Service Allows Logging that Kills Migratory Songbirds Ohio's Wayne National Forest Plan Illegal Federal Court Says Forest Service Biased to Timber Over Other Uses The Road That Won't Go Away Watershed Restoration Funds Diverted for Unneeded Logging Road Conclusion: Stewardship, Not Stumps Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club