Write a memo after read this case, and the memo should include these question:
1. How do you explain the government’s intervention in the Northwest timbermarkets?
2. Do you think this is good policy?
3. Is Champion making any money in its western mills?
4. Is forestry a good investment at Kapowsin?
5. How does the owl change the economics of tree farming?
6. What have the government’s actions in this case done to the market for forestproducts in the Northwest?
7. What are Champion’s options in both the short and long term?
8. How should the company respond (your recommendation)?
9. To whom is the company responsible?
The memo should no more than one page with double space.
