1.   An article this week in a popular newspaper, Southern Weekend, blamed poor dike upkeep and clear cutting of trees as factors.

2.   As with many races closer to home, the future of clear cutting in the Big North Woods of Maine will be decided by the undecideds.

3.   Cutting is allowed, he says, but under carefully monitored conditions that do not allow for clear cutting.

4.   Far from detecting a new attitude in Central America, development workers say that they hear of plans for more clear cutting.

5.   One irony sportsmen point out is that the clear cutting actually helps hunters track deer and find moose.

6.   Support has always been so deeply in favor of the timber industry that years of complaints about clear cutting never went far beyond the rantings of environmentalists.

7.   The clear cutting has already caused substantial problems for salmon, Alaska brown bears, deer, and other wildlife.