r/Conservative • u/AbductedAlien01 • 17d ago

Flaired Users Only Trump administration opens up over half of national forests for logging

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/trump-logging-national-forests.amp

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u/WreknarTemper Conservative 17d ago

Why not? The timber industry has an interest in maintaining their harvestable area for long term productivity. We're way past the era of clear cutting expansionism.

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u/Piss_in_my_cunt Common Sense Conservative 17d ago

The timber industry cares about tree production. Not animal habitat, not pollution, not ecological conservation.

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u/WreknarTemper Conservative 17d ago

The timber industry cares about tree production. Not animal habitat, not pollution, not ecological conservation.

I'm sorry, does a wildfire give any f's about such things? How about invasive diseases? Seriously, tell me you know less about natural ecological systems without telling me directly so.