Bob Zybach: Letters & Editorials 1978-2003

Public Letters & Editorials, 1978 - 2003

Also by Dr. Zybach:

Select Articles, 1982-2006

Presentations, 1983-2006

icon	Date	Title & Publication	Topic & Setting
	April, 1978	"Bullied by Big Timber," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.	Voiced concerns regarding recent mass purchases of local family farms and ranches by corporate landowners for immediate conversions to Douglas-fir tree farms.
	January 31, 1979	"More Reforestation Funds Needed," Unsigned Editorial, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.	News-Times editorial voicing support for S.B.100 Reforestation Bill sponsored by Bob Packwood.
	February, 1979	"Local Cutbacks Necessary," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.
	April, 1979	"Packwood Supports Reforestation," Bob Packwood, Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.	Senator Packwood uses February Zybach letter as springboard to promote S.B. 100. Newspaper carries separate account of his imminent visit.
	April 25, 1979	"'Most Qualified Individual'," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.
	July 16, 1980	"Zybach Complains," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.	Response to poor job by News-Times reporter regarding personal interview on topics of forest herbicides, motivations of activists, and funding sources.
	1982	"Charged to Subsidize Their Own Competition," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport-Oregon.
	June, 1982	"Sell Public Land," Letters to the Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon.
	1983	"Don't Blame The Loggers," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport-Oregon.
	January, 1983	"Seeding 'Archaic'," Letters, Journal of Forestry, Bethesda, Maryland.
	Spring, 1984	"Bear Facts: Logging Improves Habitat," Facts & Opinions, Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.
	Spring, 1984	"Alternative Number Nine," Facts & Opinions, Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.
	Summer, 1984	"Northwest Timber Recession Continues," Facts & Opinions, Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.
	Summer, 1984	"US Timber Sales Losing Millions--Or Are They??" Facts & Opinions, Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.
	August, 1984	"Improve [Highway] 20 Now," Readers Speak Out!, News-Times, Newport, Oregon.	Remarks on recent local highway fatalities and increased use of Highway 20 for timber products transport and recreational use as needs for priority County attention.
	Winter, 1984	"Wilderness Controversy," Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.	Publication of August 23, 1983 formal letter on behalf of A.R.C. to Mark Hatfield and Sub-Committee regarding H.R.1149 Oregon Wilderness Resolution.
	Winter, 1984	"Letter From the Editor," Letters to the Editor, Associated Reforestation Contractors (A.R.C.) Quarterly, Salem, Oregon.	Letter regarding accuracy of quotes in Zybach 1983 A.R.C. Tillamook Burn Reforestaion article attributed to Tillamook fish biologist concerning salmon recovery following salvage logging.
	June 9, 1985	"Agreements With Oregon's Counties Ignored by U.S. Forest Service," Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	June 26, 1985	"Oregon Pays A High Price For Federal Forest Ownership," Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	1987	"Babe in the Woods," Letters, Northwest Magazine, Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon.
	October, 1988	"Snag in Accuracy," Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	January 22, 1992	"Increased Old Growth?" Letters, Journal of Forestry, Bethesda, Maryland.
	February 2, 1992	"What Should Wilderness Preserve?" Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	March 21, 1996	"Floods Raise Questions About Salmon Project," As I See It, Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	October 2, 1996	"Anti-Logging Column Errs on Forest History," As I See It, Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon.
	July 29, 2002	"Clearcutting and Fire," Commentary, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon.	Guest editorial in response to July 24, 2002 article and guest column. Subtitle: "We Need to Know More About the Historical Link Between Logging Practices and Catastrophic Forest Blazes."
	July 27, 2003	"We Must Speed Up Salvage," Letters to the Editor, Democrat-Herald, Albany, Oregon.	Lead letter in combined Sunday Corvallis-Albany newspapers as response to two earlier Sunday editorials regarding Biscuit Fire logging salvage.