In Oregon lumber towns, a popular bumper sticker reads, “Spotted owl tastes like chicken.” But in the boardrooms of some of the nation’s largest forest products companies, the rare bird has laid a golden egg. The scarcity brought about by the federal protection of the endangered owl helped double the value of many corporations’ vast […]
Alan Pittman
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Oregon legislative session is a wash
Several land-use bills cause division and compromise among wise-use and environmental groups in Oregon’s state legislature. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Oregon legislative session is a wash.