Boise seeks scientific review of forest salvaging practices.BOISE, ID -- Boise Cascade Boise Cascade Holdings, LLC, which uses the trade name Boise, is an American pulp and paper company, ranked as the thirteenth largest forest products company in the world. said it will fund a scientific review by technical experts in forest restoration to determine the impact on forest health of salvage harvesting and replanting. Tom Stephens Thomas (Tom) Gregory Stephens (born November 15, 1951) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia since 1982, serving in the Legislative Council from 1982 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly since 2005. , Boise chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , made the commitment at a meeting he initiated with the Rainforest Action Network Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, USA. The organization was founded by Randy "Hurricane" Hayes in 1985. to get input on Boise's environmental policy. "Our conversation with RAN made it clear that there is a need for more scientific facts about the impact on forest health of removing dead trees from forests destroyed by wildfires and replanting those forests," Stephens said. |
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