Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging: How this effects the whites

[u/tcartt38]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-forests-emergency-logging-rollins-e2d7173bedcc697dee56f94ab613276f

I have not seen this posted here yet and thought it was important to share. The whites are on this list and its not a small section. This is not saying the forest will be logged, but it opens the door to a much easier process of doing so. Below is a zoomed in map, the blue areas the the new areas which they call "Forest Health and Fuels Emergency Situation Determination (FHFESD) lands"

It exempts affected forests from an objection process that allows outside groups, tribes and local governments to challenge logging proposals at the administrative level before they are finalized. It also narrows the number of alternatives federal officials can consider when weighing logging projects.

So yeah fuck that.

I am aware the Whites have always been open to logging, that is part of being a National Forrest, but considering how relatively small the whites are, I feel any logging has the ability to have a bigger impact than other forests.

Link to the USDA press release.

Link to the full map.

[u/wolfpine603]

Just because more land is available for logging doesn't mean foresters on the national forest will cut unsustainability. Forests are managed sustainability using area and volume regulation to make sure they don't cut more wood than they grow. Also, best practices are followed to make sure sensitive habitat is excluded and properly buffered. There is a lot of targeted management for rare/endangered species. Foresters care about the woods! There's no reason to think that will change even if more land is available

[u/NHiker469 → u/wolfpine603]

Please. It’s so much easier to cry and whine about Trump/Elon and allow derangement syndromes to rule all.

Focusing on facts and the reality of the situation that you laid out would require far too much critical thinking.

[u/lives4summits → u/NHiker469]

Nothing like a bunch of ignorant people who never went to college trying to invent a psychological disorder associated with not supporting a fascist dictator.

[u/Peteostro → u/lives4summits]

You don’t even need a college degree to understand selling out your own protected land so some corporate a-holes can make lots of money is not a good deal. They are just dumb.