Inevitably, we will have church members on all sides of such a controversial issue. Because of these many opposing positions we strive to find a middle ground. This middle ground is best reached through great deliberation and with consultation of those involved. Vision, Hope, and Justice , which was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly in 1993. On the one hand are the environmental concerns.
Many times logging companies put fiscal gain before the well being of the eco-system.
Clear cutting results in a flight of indigenous wildlife, creating a lifeless expanse of stumps. When these fields are replanted, the new forest is often much less diverse than the original one. For example, if there are ten different types of trees in a forest and a fungus attacks one type, the forest will only lose one tenth of its trees. On the other hand, if the forest was replanted with only two types of trees the forest could lose half of its trees from one wave of disease. They may never return if the forest is cut down.