From: [Clinton HQ] at [Campaign92.Org] (The White House)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: CLINTON: Mission Statement for Forest Conference Working Groups
Date: 2 Jul 1993 06:09:42 -0400


                         THE WHITE HOUSE
                  Office of the Press Secretary
  ______________________________________________________________
 Friday, May 7, 1993

                       ** MEDIA ADVISORY **

      MISSION STATEMENT FOR FOREST CONFERENCE WORKING GROUPS


     The mission statement that follows has been provided to 
members of the three inter-agency working groups created to help 
meet the President's mandate to his cabinet to craft a plan to 
break the gridlock over forest management in the Pacific 
Northwest and northern California. It reflects guidance given to 
the working groups when they were created and sets the parameters 
for their recommendations.

     The three working groups are: 

     o Ecosystem Management Assessment to identify alternative 
strategies for a scientifically sound, ecologically credible, 
legally responsible basis for managing the federal forests of the 
Pacific Northwest and northern California;
     o Labor and Community Assistance to identify alternatives 
for assisting individuals and communities affected by changes in 
federal timber sales programs and policies in the region;
     o Agency Coordination  to identify opportunities to improve 
the working relationships among federal and state agencies in the 
region to reduce impediments to stronger cooperative, working 
relationships among all parties.

     The names of working groups members also follow here.

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