There is no provision in this bill to allow timber to be salvaged except for annual growth. The rest has to rot. There are a number of tree species with short life spans. There is no provision in this bill to allow a mature crop of timber to be harvested. Forests do not grow as the backers of Question 2 would like you to believe they do.
Growth rates change.
When forests are young they grow fast, as they mature they slow down, and eventually they get old and trees die . The cycle then starts over. This happens whether the trees die a natural death or are harvested. In managing a forest there are times to cut less than what grows and times to cut more. Sections 14 and 15 of the referendum simply will add additional regulation on forest landowners and expand the bureaucracy.