[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S2721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CLARIFICATION OF THE RECORD

 Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, on April 9, 2002, on the floor of 
the U.S. Senate, I announced the cancelation of the Mt. Hood National 
Forest Eagle Creek timber sales. These sales were sold under the 
salvage rider, enacted in 1996 by the 104th Congress. During my floor 
speech, I reiterated my opposition to the salvage rider, but also 
inadvertently referred to salvage sales instead of confining my remarks 
to salvage rider sales.
  I have been, and will continue to be, a supporter of salvage sales 
involving the commercial recovery of dead or dying timber, when such 
sales make sense for the health of the forest. In fact, I worked very 
hard to make sure that a salvage sale project went forward in the wake 
of the 1996 Summit and Tower fires, and I continue to support 
constructive salvage work being done to improve forest health 
throughout the National Forests.
  As I continue to work toward comprehensive forestry legislation which 
will include both active forest management and old growth protection, I 
thought it important to correct the Record.

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