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<br />.. -- . --. <br />~ <br /> o. <br /> e, <br />POSITION STATEMENT <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF EUGENE FINDS THAT: <br />The federal court injunction imposed on timber sales in the Mapleton <br />Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest has adversely affected the <br />local economy and will continue to cause a hardship to the depressed <br />timber industry, and that <br />Attempts to develop a compromise satisfactory to the affected <br />parties have failed, and that <br />An interim solution which will a1low some harvesting of timber in the <br />Mapleton Ranger District without environmental degradation is critical. <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF EUGENE states its vigorous support of federal <br />legislation which would authorize the U.S. Forest Service to make sales <br />of timber tracts returned to the federal government under the 1984 <br />timber contract relief program. <br /> -- <br /> ..e*' <br />