Forest Conference in Portland, OR with President Clinton

Archbishop Murphy delivered the Opening Address to the Forest Conference in Portland, OR. This conference was organized by President Clinton to create a solution regarding logging in the Cascade Mountains – a solution that would be acceptable to a disparate group of parties including logging companies, environmentalists and the federal government. “It is not the role of the church to propose specific political or economic remedies to solve this dilemma,” said Archbishop Murphy. “Our role is to raise the moral values involved in preserving forests, employing forest workers, and saving forest-dependent communities.”