For 30 consecutive miles on Irving s roads I saw few trees greater than three inches in diameter. At the press conference the other day, the governor sang the praise of Irving. I m not sure what Gov. King sees, but I see lost jobs, poor pay and clear-cut and herbicided forests. Yes on 2 campaign. The first point of the citizen-initiated bill asks the corporate landowners not to cut more than is growing certainly the most basic barometer of sustainability.
Nobody is stupid.
This cannot go on forever. We have already lost 54 percent of our logging jobs and more than 30 percent of our mill jobs in recent years. If you spend more money than you put into your bank account, you go broke. While data points out that small woodlot owners are practicing sustained yield forestry, the big boys, the paper corporation, obviously have a problem. If they are getting tax breaks, they ought to live up to their end of the bargain.