"The US Bureau of Land Management announced a plan last month that would quadruple the amount of allowed logging in western Oregon's forests, in hopes of increasing timber yield harvest to about 1 billion board feet annually."
"Some in the timber industry celebrated the proposal, as did leaders in parts of Oregon that historically relied on logging money and have suffered economically since the restrictions went into place."
"It speaks to major problems within Oregon's government and budget system that these rural logging counties have not been able to recover in the 30+ years since the BLM was last allowed to go buck wild cutting down trees."
"While the climate-deniers in the Trump administration say the logging is necessary for wildfire prevention, scientists say the div..."
The Trump administration's proposal to increase logging in Oregon's old-growth forests aims to quadruple timber yield to 1 billion board feet annually. This plan has garnered support from the timber industry and some local leaders, but it raises sustainability issues. The logging restrictions from the 1990s have left rural logging counties economically struggling for over 30 years. While the administration claims logging is essential for wildfire prevention, scientists question the necessity and sustainability of such actions, emphasizing the irreversible loss of ancient trees.
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