In newspaper columns opposing the Canadian proposal last year, Mr.Munro said the American legislation had produced only modest conservation benefits, while costing thousands of logging jobs to save species like the spotted owl.

• ”去年，在反对加拿大的环保提案的报纸专栏文章中，芒罗先生说，美国的立法仅产生了有限的环保效益，而花费了几千个代木工作岗位的代价来保护像斑点猫头鹰这样的物种。