OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) " About 87,000 acres of spotted owl habitat in state forests would be off-limits to most logging under a lawsuit settlement approved by the state Board of Natural Resources.The agreement among environmentalists, state government and the timber industry also lays the groundwork for the state Department of Natural Resources to develop a new 10-year plan for logging state lands in Western Washington.The settlement would end a lawsuit that began in October 2004."It was a far better deal to settle the case than to fight it for years in court," said Bob Dick of the industry's American Forest …
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