More Logging?

[Gary_C]

House backs bill to boost logging in nat'l forests

Don't get your hopes up. Here is what the opposition is saying.

Opponents called the bill a giveaway to the timber industry and said it would harm water quality and habitat for fish and wildlife and jeopardize recreation areas that have become a major source of jobs in national forests.

The Obama administration says the measure would jeopardize habitat for endangered species, increase lawsuits and limit the president's ability to create national monuments.

The bill as passed has little chance of approval in the Democratic-controlled Senate, although senators have not ruled out adoption of a forest management bill.

[timberlinetree]

I went to a class in ct and was informed that a certain rattle snake was an endangered species. The state put little tracking devices on them and guess where they ended up. A clear cut done by loggers! You'll never hear that on the news! Seems like guys with ties(politicians) don't know anything about anything except how to get votes. Pretty sad!

[Corley5]

The Sierra Club used the Red Shouldered Hawk to try to shut down timber sales here in Michigan a few years back because they needed old growth forests to survive.  It didn't take long to show that the birds loved to hunt the edge habitat created by clearcutting aspen stands next to northern hardwood stands.