Owl Set Aside PostPoned

Neither environmentalists nor wood product companies felt theY had achieved a victory with the delay to September of a final decision on setting aside timber land for the northern spotted owl.

Following the listing of the owl bY the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act June 22, the Bush administration offered a Preliminary plan to save the owl and keep logging job losses to about 1,000. The five point Plan announced by agriculture secretary Clayton Yeutter and interior secretary Manuel Lujan delayed a full proposal until Sept. l.

Yeutter is heading a task force to develop a comprehensive plan which will include a call for Congress to amend the Endangered SPecies Act. In brief, the preliminary Plan includes: o protecting northern sPotted owls with as little loss of logging jobs as possible. o saving 125 more Pairs of owls than an earlier plan by emPloYing careful cutting methods. o reducing timber cutting on Protected lands in Oregon and northern California from 950 million bf annually to about 750 million. Earlier recommendations called for harvests of less than 500 million bf. o setting up a new interagencY timber task force to present a complete plan by Sept. I for saving as many owls and logging jobs as possible. o asking Congress to allow a sPecial oversight committee more latitude in waiving the Endangered Species Act when protecting a particular species carrying substantial economic and social impact.

Wood products companies had a wait and see attitude about the announcement which promised more timber and a less severe loss than the 28,000 jobs threatened by Previous proposals. Environmentalists reacted promptly to protest the plan which they said "put economic concerns before environmental con- siderations and represented a threat to laws protecting endangered species."

"We were hoping for more concrete, definitive direction," said Chris West, Northwest Forest Resource Council, Portland, Or. "A bureaucratic committee doesn't make sure logs go to mills or the rent is paid by logging families."

Thomas Mayr, Mayr Brothers Logging Co., Hoquiam, Wa., called the action "a good bureaucratic shuffle which continues the uncertainty."

Audubon Society vice President Brock Evans protested that the president's "own secretaries were charged with defending wildlife and they've turned over to the timber industry."

The proposed action will have minimal impact on the timber harvests for the rest of the Year, according to Steve Paulson, Forest Service timber sales director. Because of the owl controversy, the amount of timber sold in 1990 is down significantly from earlier years.

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Bill Goudge, Perry H. Koplik & Sons, is back at Portland, Or., Hq. after an Alaskan fishing trip.

Ed Murken, Cimarron Lumber & Supply, Portland, Or., has retired after 43 years in the industry.

Dave Weston, SCR Inc., Portland, Or., has retired after 44 years in the business.

Jim McKinney is now regional managing director of Godwins, overseeing the Seattle, Wa.; Portland, Or., and San Francisco, Ca., district offices.

Terry Willey is managing the new Knoll Lumber & Hardware, Inc., Smokey Point (Marysville), Wa.

Dennis Orem, co-owner, Jerry's Building Material, Inc., Eugene, Or., delivered a panel presentation on valueadded services at the recent Home Center Industry Conference in Chicago, Il.

James W. Weikel has joined Okon, Inc., Lakewood, Co., as national sales mgr.

Stephan Elliot has been named general merchandise mgr. for City Mill Co., Honolulu, Hi. Ronald Rex is now v.p. and controller; Ed Akahori, lumber & building materials buyer, and Tim Jensen, paint, electric & flooring buyer.

Jean ['akundiny, P&M Cedar Products, Stockton, Ca., vacationed in Hawaii last month.

Ken Johnston is managing the new Home Depot in Mesa, Az.

Ed Willis is new to So. Ca. sales for Elk Corp., Tempe, Az.

Douglas G. Southern has resigned as c.f.o. at Pay 'N Pak Stores Inc.. Kent. Wa., after four years with the firm. Fred Brotherton, v.p. of administration and human resources, temporarily assumes the position.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., and his wife, Rosie, are back lrom vacation in Punta Pescadero, just north of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

John Hunter has joined American Laminators, Eugene, Or.

E.S. "Mac" McFarland, credit mgr., Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., has retired after l6 years with the co.

Charlie Nagely, Forestex Co., Forest Grove, Or., has been promoted to mgr., succeeding Earl Meyer, who is retiring.

A.D. Adkins, sales mgr., Wetsel-Oviatt Lumber Co., El Dorado Hills. Ca.. has retired alter 53 years in the industry, the last 37 with Wetsel-Oviatt.

Rose Ramos is now heading marketing and business development for Aloha Lumber Co.. Kauai. Hi.

Paul Koenig, Trayco, has been elected pres. of the Home Improvement Research Institute. Thomas W. Smith, Lowe's, is now v.p.; Lonnie Fogel, Home Depot, sec., and Alan Thielemann, Georgia-Pacific, treas.

Charles Smith, Weyerhaeuser, Klamath Falls, Or., has been named v.p. of the American Hardboard Association.

Sid and Ann Chattler, Exotic Woods, Inc., Carson, Ca., have returned lrom a 16-day cruise through the Panama Canal.

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