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Honored for land he fought to protect.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Honored for land he fought to protect.(City/Region)(A trail around Waldo Lake has been named after former Congressman Jim Weaver)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard

WALDO LAKE - There was a time when the timber industry so disliked Congressman Jim Weaver that they rallied dozens of log trucks to rumble around the Lane County Courthouse where he was holding a wilderness bill hearing. The trucks sported signs reading "Ax Jim Weaver" and "Stick a cedar stump up Jim Weaver's rump."

That was back in the early 1980s, long before concerns about endangered species curtailed logging on public lands. Back then, Weaver was intent on preserving some of Oregon's most pristine places - French Pete, Waldo Lake, protected areas within the Willamette National Forest that are so popular with visitors it's hard to imagine them as anything other than wilderness.

On Monday, Weaver's commitment to the environment was recognized with a ceremony designating the 20-mile lakeside trail around...

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