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The Pacific Northwest once relied to a great extent on timber as the fuel for its economic engine. Most of the ancient forest has been leveled, doing major damage to salmon, another important economic contributor. Now the region is in transition to other industries including tourism and high-tech as environmental organizations try to protect the remnant forests that remain and bring back viable salmon populations.
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- The Forest and the Trees
By the 1980s, the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest were falling at a breathtaking rate and would have disappeared altogether in not many more years. A lawsuit to protect the northern spotted owl -- followed by litigation to force the federal agencies to follow the law -- cut the rate of logging dramatically. Tom Turner explains.
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