Old growth, owls, & timber towns.THE MOST INTRACTABLE intractable /in·trac·ta·ble/ (in-trak´tah-b'l) resistant to cure, relief, or control. in·trac·ta·ble adj. 1. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. 2. RESOURCE CONTROVERSY OF OUR TIME HAS REACHED A PIVOTAL POINT. A DECISION MUST BE MADE SOON ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST'S DWINDLING dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. SUPPLY OF OLD-GROWTH TIMBER-HOW MUCH TO LOG AND HOW MUCH TO PRESERVE. PRICELESS HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE AT RISK, AND RAGE, FRUSTRATION, AND DESPAIR EDDY LIKE THE EVERPRESENT MISTS AROUND THESE OLD FORESTS. IN THIS SPECIAL ISSUE, AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens LOOKS AT THE CORE ISSUES, GIVES VOICE TO KEY PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES, AND SEARCHES FOR SOLUTIONS, WHICH SEEM PITIFULLY pit·i·ful adj. 1. Inspiring or deserving pity. 2. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. See Synonyms at pathetic. 3. Archaic Filled with pity or compassion. FEW. |
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