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GlamorAboutClearCutting
By Jaine Roston
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Clear-cut forests and heavy winter but leaving othersalone. Selectively
rains have causedmassiveerosion, cut forests can recover more easily,
habitat destruction,and water pollu- and much wildlife habitatis saved.
tion in some parts of the country. Af-
ter a clearcut, the forestis gone- New Last year, the Presidentsignedlegis-
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causeof dry conditionsor brush cov- clearcut againin certainforestsofun- :
ering the ground. healthy trees,called "salvage." But E
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