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HOQUIAM, Wash, (AP)—ITT Rayonier, Inc., says the Quin ault General Tribal Council has violated a 30-year timber con tract by prohibiting logging op erations by the firm on the tribe’s reservation north of here. The firm announced it would seek a federal injunction to lift the ban after the council blocked attempts Monday to continue logging on the reserva tion. A spokesman said the ac tion would be requested soon but did not name a date. “The company terms this a contract violation,” said L.J. Forrest, vice president of the firm here. “Indian actions,” he said, “are unnecessary and unrea sonable because they may seek adequate administrative relief from the Bureau of Indian Af fairs. The company plans to proceed with appropriate court action.” Citing mismanagement by the BIA and a downward adjust ment in timber prices ordered by the bureau, the tribal coun cil Friday suspended logging operations in the Crane Creek and Taholah units of the reser vation. The ban affects con tracts held by Rayonier and the Aloha Lumber Corp, a division of Evans Products. The council said logging prac tices “disregard the ecology of streams’ and had ‘‘virtually destroyed reservation fisher ies.’’ It also said the downward adjustment in prices paid for reservation timber was unac ceptable and contended the move would mean a 30 per cent reduction in revenues. He added the BIA had respon sibility to set prices paid Indians for their stumpage, and that “since the beginning of our contract ... rates have been adjusted as provided for in the contract to reflect changes in market conditions.”’
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Port Angeles Evening News
Port Angeles, Washington, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1971
Page 12
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