1.   Back in December, internal documents show, the agency staff proposed to declare that the forest plans jeopardized endangered salmon, which would have required prompt changes.

2.   But the researchers want a forest plan that allows for a mosaic of forest types, including more land set aside to mature into old growth forest.

3.   Clinton said his forest plan has begun to let loggers work again, and that small towns are getting money to attract new, high-quality industry.

4.   Clinton is under pressure to provide more timber to Northwest mills under his forest plan.

5.   Federal authorities say that protections for the owl have been incorporated into the old forest plans and amendments to those plans that were completed Friday.

6.   He credits Martin with maintaining a strong hand in the forest plan the Chattahoochee district is finalizing.

7.   He wanted the Forest Service to amend its forest plans, which guide how many trees may be harvested.

8.   None of the land open to logging under a compromise forest plan worked out by the Clinton administration was designated part of the murrelet habitat.

9.   Revising the forest plan might take years, and it seems unlikely that fundamental and far-reaching changes to forest management will occur right away.

10.   Such efforts, he says, will lay the scientific foundations for ecosystem management in the next round of forest plans.