Saving Old Trees By Regulating Logging On Private Land

Old-growth trees on private land in California are vulnerable to logging. Will a 2002 ballot measure regulate logging on private land?

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September 13, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A 2002 ballot initiative would ban the logging of all old-growth trees on private land in California, protecting any tree that was alive when the state entered the Union in 1850. But in a taped announcement on Sunday, the governor endorsed a less sweeping plan, which would require a permit before ancient trees are felled."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Widespread ban on logging pushed

Monday, September 10, 2001 in San Jose Mercury News

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