Lumber Industry Minnesota

Several thousand people attended a peaceful pro-union rally at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., to express their support for striking workers at the $535-million expansion of Boise Cascade's paper mill in International Falls. Later, residents of International Falls gathered in Smokey Bear Park for what was called "a peace rally" to show community appreciation for law enforcement personnel and firefighters. Bill Peterson, president of the Minnesota Building Trades Council, told the St.

In the velvety quiet of Minnesota's forests, the U.S. government has buckled to zealotry. The zealots decreed: Trees are sacred. Thou shalt not cut. And the government did their bidding. Such is the theory behind an unusual lawsuit that accuses the U.S. Forest Service of foisting the "religion" of the Deep Ecology movement on all Americans by adopting it as a guiding policy for timber management.

The familiar chill of approaching winter is already in the air of this paper-making city deep in Minnesota's North Woods. Their season quickly ending, trees painted the rusty colors of autumn seem to shiver in the breezes. At dawn, frost now coats automobile windshields, and sporting goods stores are crowded with hunters preparing for the approaching deer, bear and duck seasons. But it is not a normal autumn. This year, there is also an unfamiliar chill of fear.

Several thousand people attended a peaceful pro-union rally at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., to express their support for striking workers at the $535-million expansion of Boise Cascade's paper mill in International Falls. Later, residents of International Falls gathered in Smokey Bear Park for what was called "a peace rally" to show community appreciation for law enforcement personnel and firefighters. Bill Peterson, president of the Minnesota Building Trades Council, told the St.

In the velvety quiet of Minnesota's forests, the U.S. government has buckled to zealotry. The zealots decreed: Trees are sacred. Thou shalt not cut. And the government did their bidding. Such is the theory behind an unusual lawsuit that accuses the U.S. Forest Service of foisting the "religion" of the Deep Ecology movement on all Americans by adopting it as a guiding policy for timber management.

The familiar chill of approaching winter is already in the air of this paper-making city deep in Minnesota's North Woods. Their season quickly ending, trees painted the rusty colors of autumn seem to shiver in the breezes. At dawn, frost now coats automobile windshields, and sporting goods stores are crowded with hunters preparing for the approaching deer, bear and duck seasons. But it is not a normal autumn. This year, there is also an unfamiliar chill of fear.