Because of logging gridlock in the Northwest, some
timber companies have turned their saws toward the Northern
Rockies. Forest activists will plan their response Nov. 9-13 at the
Second International Temperate Forest Conference in Missoula, Mont.
The Native Forest Network, a coalition of environmentalists, wants
the gathering to attract indigenous peoples, conservation
biologists, and non-governmental groups to work out strategies for
ending the destruction of forests in both the West and further
afield. The main focus of the gathering is to prevent the Northern
Rockies from becoming “the next major stomping grounds’ for timber
companies, says Tom Fullum, a conference organizer. The first
international conference was held in Tanzania in 1992, and last
year activists met in Burlington, Vt. Organizers are calling for
papers ranging from the scientific to “philosophical rants and
other scribblings.” Conference proceedings will be published.
Contact Jake Kreilick, Ecology Center, 101 E. Broadway, Room 602,
Missoula, MT 59802 (406/728-0867). To submit papers, contact Tom
Fullum, P.O. Box 1788, Silver City, NM 88062 (505/538-0427).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Save the temperate forests.
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