Timber Association Extends Olive Branch at Conference; Bush Official, Conservationist Tout Cooperation

The Columbian › April 20, 2006

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STEVENSON -- Cooperation. Collaboration. Conservation.

These aren't terms the Northwest's largest timber industry association would have chosen as themes for its annual conference during the timber wars of the early 1990s or even as recently as five years ago.

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Timber Association Extends Olive Branch at Conference; Bush Official, Conservationist Tout Cooperation

But times have changed. At this year's conference, the American Forest Resource Council even invited a former nemesis Mitch Friedman, executive director of the environmental group Conservation Northwest and former tree-sitting activist to speak abou...

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