Nature is indifferent to human needs. Forestry is predictable. Forests are resilient. A well planned harvest imitates nature, with an added bonus. Even in our technologically advanced society, the nation's wealth still comes from the earth.
Sustainable forestry can add biological diversity to a forest.
Foresters do not have all the answers and probably never will. I worry about the nation's blind pursuit of naturalness. It is undermining our ability to think critically about the relationship between forests and our advancing society. Our forest needs are much too diverse, much too complex, to be left to the vagaries of nature.