PROCEDURE
Situation: A large company has gained the rights to forest lands. They want to use
clear cutting methods.
Use the Internet search for information on the lumber industry. Use search terms to help narrow your search. Lumbering, Lumber Trade, Loggers, Clear cutting, or Logging. You should research a minimum of four sites. It may help to narrow your search by using these terms: employment, environmental policy, environmental aspects, or investigations .
After reading at least four articles, each student must decide what kind of an opinion the person whose role he or she have taken would have. The following roles may be considered:
role 1 logger
role 2 environmentalist
role 3 store owner in a town where logging is the main business
role 4 forest ranger
role 5 paper or furniture company owner
Choose one role and prepare a short summary of your view towards the clear cutting of your forest.
Include the URL or printed copies of the web sites you have used for your information.