European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Science amp the world old forests join spotted owl on endangered list old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest not just the controversial and Well publicized Northern spotted owl Are on the list of threatened and endangered species. Nine tenths of the regions Virgin Woodland has been hauled to the Mill. On the North american continent As a whole less than 5 percent survives. National geographic writer and researcher Rowe Findley has been studying forests and following various efforts to save them. His report appears in a recent Issue of the Magazine. A increasing efforts to save viable remnants of our temperate rain forests spark confrontations lawsuits legislative offensives logging Community rallies and sit ins High in Trees by environmental activists a Findley says. The focus of the furore but by no Means the Only Issue a is the spotted owl. Between 3,000 and 5,000 pairs survive in the remnants of the Monarch forests. This summer the . Fish and wildlife service designated the shy Bird a threatened species. This could mean withdrawal of several million Public Forest acres from logging sales. The Timber Industry has asserted that the owl is not threatened rather it is the loggers truckers National geographic the Northern spotted owl is in the Middle of the forestry controversy. And Mill hands who Are the endangered species. Dealing warily with the dilemma the Bush administration has proposed to delay restrictions on logging a and to dilute the endangered species act itself a to soften the effects on the Timber Industry. The Industry has greeted the plan with guarded optimism. Environmentalists see it As part of a Campaign to weaken the Law. The heat is on the Woodlands that offer the greatest Timber value giant Sequoias and coastal redwoods in Northern California Douglas firs in Oregon and Washington Sitka Spruce in the Alaska Panhandle and Spruce and fir in British Columbia. Of great concern Are the disappearing forests. Findley was dismayed during a plane ride Over californians Sequoia National Forest. In one Clearing a few Lone Sequoias largest living things on Earth stood forlorn in a Field of stumps. Two leading environmentalists Are proposing alternatives to Forest service control of the Sequoia Groves. Sierra club chairman Mike Mcclos key suggests making them a world heritage site. John Dewitt of the save the redwoods league has asked president Bush to make the Groves a National Monument. On the other Side in Skamania county wash., where Public forests predominate and Timber Money provides nearly half of county revenues people Are opposing restrictions. County commissioner de Callahan told Findley a this spotted owl situation could put us out of business. People will just have to move out and go somewhere  As the fighting continues Between Timber people and environmentalists the old Trees keep falling at a rate of 170 acres a Day. The Forest service now estimates that 2.3 million acres of old growth remain in Oregon and Washington with about one third protected in National and state Parks and wildernesses. Pressure to Cut the remaining 1.5 million acres is intense and the old Trees wont last Long a no More than 30 years Findley reports and in some areas Only five or 10. Looming Over All the old forests of the United states and Canada is the question of How much is enough. Congress is Likely to provide some answers this fall legislating an accommodation among the warring factions. A while we pursue hopeful visions our options shrink daily and somewhere in what remains there stands a tree of no return a Findley says. National geographic Union of Soffi t a palist republics size 8,649,496 Square Miles 2v5 times the size of the United states j. Population 287,015,000 1989 estimate main languages slavic Altaic turkish Etc and various indo european language currency Ruble 6�$1 at tourist rate 0.55 $1 at official rate travel restrictions visa required overview the soviet Union is the largest country in the world in terms of area and third largest in population. It covers More than one half of Europe it and two fifths of Asia. Most of the european area which has two thirds of the population most of the industries and the Best Farmland is part of a vast Plain that stretches to the amp caucasus mountains Iri the South and ural mountains in the East. East of the urals is the West siberian Plain largest level Region in the world which slopes eastward to the siberian Uplands northward to the Artie Ocean and southward to the mountainous Border with Mongolia and Tiina a the country began As a Small Region and grew Quot gradually adding territory on All sides and binding a 5 people of different backgrounds and languages under russian Rule. The diversity has resulted in much factional infighting that continues today As the government tries to hold the country together is a fact the .s.r. Is made up of 15 republics. The largest and most powerful Republic is Russia the name Many people still Cau the entire  questions q some people Wake up Why do some Peon tired after a full nights sleep Dut feel better As the Day wears on a a a the Way a person feels when waking up from sleep Day or night depends largely on the sleep stage the person was in just before waking a says Charles Poliak head of the sleep Wake disorder Center of the new York Hospital comely medical Center in White Plains . This a sleep inertia affects How someone feels for a Little while after waking Poliak says. A person waking from what is called slow wave sleep a deep sleep without rapid Eye movement is very Likely to feel groggy but is much less Likely to feel groggy from rapid Eye movement sleep or one of the lighter non Rem stages he says. Other factors that May ruin the morning include major depression which eases As the Day goes on severe obstructive sleep Apnoea or failure to breathe when sleeping which Means sleep is constantly though unconsciously interrupted by waking to resume breathing and the use of sleeping pills that Are still working in the morning. Even extra sleep can leave a person tired if it represents a failed Effort to make up for lost sleep. A we have no Way of controlling what stage we awaken from a Poliak says a but All of the other problems Are treatable  new York times Page 18 c to plus sunday october 28,1990