1. A pitfall with logging, the GAO said, is that areas with the most valuable timber often are not those with the greatest wildfire hazards. 2. But it has mineral deposits and valuable timber in valleys below its glaciers. 3. Loggers want roads to cut valuable timber, but some environmental groups say those roads disturb plants and wildlife and should be limited in public forests. 4. Removal of that less valuable timber can actually help the more valuable oaks grow bigger, they say. 5. There is some development pressure in the region, which has concentrations of valuable timber, Takeuchi said. 6. Unfortunately, that ribbon of temperate forest harbors native trees that are among the most valuable timber in South America. 7. Agency officials said most of the clearing will involve small-diameter trees, not commercially valuable large timber. 8. The Honduran military said Saturday that it has increased its troop strength along the border with El Salvador to prevent looting of valuable timber from its forests. 9. They complained that the bombs have destroyed valuable timber and damaged their water supply. 10. Coup critics claimed at the time it was this valuable timber, and not religion, that was behind the coup. |