Pick a logging road open your mind and just see what's happening. See what's in sections logged this year, then a year before, and so on. Pretty soon you'll realize what you've been taught isn't quite the same as what really happens in the woods. When you have many private landowners owning the forests, a few might screw up things on a small scale, but the overwhelming majority will do well by the land. When you have the government running anything, the potential is there for monumental messes.
Trees grow far differently in the northeast than the northwest.
You don't have to plant. There are already young trees waiting to get some light to grow as well as seeds ready to propogate as soon as the canopy is removed from above. Doing so by supporting such an idea as ending logging in the National Forest here will destroy the ecosystem and diverse wildlife in the northeast. The National Education Association believes that the nation's priorities must include the protection of our environment. The Association urges the establishment and maintenance of Federal Wilderness Areas, Recreational Areas, Refuge Areas, and designated local green areas.