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> Logging will create jobs, stimulate the economies of rural towns, help the forest ecology. The types of plant growth that significantly increase wildfire ris
by danans 6y ago
> Logging will create jobs, stimulate the economies of rural towns, help the forest ecology.
The types of plant growth that significantly increase wildfire risk significantly (by providing kindling) are not the big profitable trees, but rather the low growing brush and low diameter trees, for which there isn't much of a market (although Sierra Pacific Co. in CA is trying to turn those in to particle board).
Also, the forestry industry is very mechanized, and doesn't rely on a lot of human labor compared to the past.
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29/642955787/will-more-logging-save-western-forests-from-wildfires https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29/642955787/will-more-logging-s...
- blhack 6y agoOne of the ways that the USFS will negotiate with the loggers is essentially to require them to do forest management in the areas that they are logging.
- maerF0x0 6y agoTo be clear your article is mostly about clear cutting and I'm talking about thinning. One of the steps to those big profitable trees is thinning and selectively keeping the best tree(s) for later. The interim products are lower value, but giving the industry a promise of the best logs allows them the finances to deal with the less valuable interims.