Its not as if the forests of the South have only recently been harvested. In fact there is a great deal more forest in the South now than there was at the turn of the last century. Huge areas that were deforested for cattle and cotton and other crops have been put back to trees during the last century. Despite all this the South is still very high in biodiversity. This puts the lie to all the talk about extinction as a result of forestry.
Forestry preserves most of the biodiversity.
It is deforestation for food production and cities that causes severe impacts to biodiversity. The same is true for Canadian forests. There needs to be better accountability for groups who use this kind of propaganda to misinform the public about forest products.