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‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

Among environmentalists, government agencies and logging interests, a war of words is raging over the future of our forests.

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight

Stephen Kropp, the founder of the nonprofit Legacy Forest Defense Coalition of Washington, has ramped up his mission of raising awareness about logging so-called “legacy forests” on Washington trust lands. Credit: Legacy Forest Defense Coalition

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