502 South 19th Ave. From 1989 to 1994 alone, at least half of our national forests lost money each year. There is no economic excuse for these below-cost sales.
Some critics suggest the solution is raising the price of timber.
Others recommend easing environmental standards to reduce costs. Still other groups would like to see sales of federal timber halted altogether. None of these proposals is the answer to below-cost timber sales. PERC Senior Associate Donald R. Leal compared timber sales on state and national forests in Montana. The growing potential and natural characteristics of these forests were closely matched.