11.   Supporters said the expedited timber harvests pose a threat to fish and wildlife.

12.   The order halted timber harvests pending further study into whether the cutting threatens the survival of the Mexican spotted owl.

13.   The timber harvest in the Olympic National Forest fell to a fraction of its former levels.

14.   They are far less enthusiastic about increasing the timber harvest in Tongass.

15.   They hope to win congressional approval of much larger timber harvests than the Clinton plan allows.

16.   Timber groups hope the program will eventually boost timber harvests.

17.   We simply must conduct appropriate timber harvests alongside appropriate burning programs, and do it as soon as we possibly can.

18.   A bipartisan congressional report last week showed little or no connection between wildfires and the decline in timber harvests on federal land, Agriculture Department Undersecretary Jim Lyons said.

19.   An analysis by a bipartisan congressional research group found little or no connection between wildfires and the decline in timber harvests on federal land.

20.   But environmentalists who initially celebrated his selection in April now say their optimism has dimmed as he revamps the road ban and suggests increases in the timber harvest.