
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003091860
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

MOST NATIONAL FORESTS LOSE ON TIMBER SALES

More than half of national forests lost money on timber sales last year, the government said Thursday in a report that environmentalists say support their call to roll back subsidized timber sales.

The U.S. Forest Service in its annual report said profits on all the national forests rose 4 percent last year even though the total harvest declined about 5 percent. Of the nation's 122 national forests, 66 of them lost money by selling timber at below cost, it said. - Associated Press

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