1.   Other states with federal forests harmed by Opal also have invoked the new salvage-timber law.

2.   - The delay of a ban on logging and road construction in federal forests.

3.   Dombeck also cited the value of national forests as watershed and said that water may supplant timber as the most precious natural resource found on federal forests.

4.   In addition, smoking is prohibited on federal forest lands, except inside vehicles with ash trays in use or inside buildings where permitted.

5.   Members of the House Resources Committee met Thursday to discuss how they might change federal law so that they can harvest fallen trees from federal forests.

6.   Officials said they were seeking a balance between ensuring a steady supply of timber and protecting the long-term health of the federal forests.

7.   Subcommittee chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said one way to ease the pressure would be to allow more logging in federal forests.

8.   The cash will flow from existing oil and mining operations and will not require the sale of federal forest lands or other sensitive properties.

9.   The Doe Run Co. has decided to withdraw its applications to prospect for lead beneath federal forests in the Missouri Ozarks.

10.   The forest service approval is only necessary because the acreage designated for development was obtained through a swap of nearby federal forest land.