Reply #132: You said there is no Old Growth in Oregon [View All]

You're clearly mistaken. That's what you said. You didn't qualify temperate rain forest Old Growth.

The point of the OP is that National Forests are set aside to log. They are not Wilderness or National Parks. Years ago, rather than sell/give all the land to private owners the way we did with farm land, the forest service was set up to preserve some of the profit for the people. You know this. And while the forest service hasn't done the most spectacular job of protecting forest, can you imagine what it would look like with Weyerhauser owning all of it?

There is going to be logging. What we have to do is protect every "grove" of Old Growth in the lower 48, and implement a logging strategy that will allow the rest of the forest to return to a more natural state. That 300 acres in the Tongass isn't the issue. The way we log is the issue. That's what stopping WOPR is going to do, allow us to focus on sustainable logging. A healthy forest is best for wildlife, humans and also happens to produce the best lumber. It's the sensible thing to do.