The Maine clear-cut issue has made citizen initiated referendums the thing to do. In New York, citizen suits are a possibility every legislative session. The availability of the resource is always in question despite a statewide inventory that shows we're growing almost three times as much fiber as is being harvested. The last bond act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Fund have made available huge sums of money for acquisitions. The Park gets bigger.
Exotic pests threaten local timber supplies.
Deregulation of the power markets threaten the future of existing wood fired cogeneration plants. The public, our youth, our decision makers are flooded by misinformation. Extreme positions make headlines. Industry foresters and consultants have been in conflict over inclusion on a DEC published service list for a decade. Ethics, integrity and professionalism is questioned routinely.