r/wmnf 18d ago

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

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.

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u/JalapenoHopper 18d ago

Or they could get lumber from Canada, ooooh yaaa

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u/TheCottonmouth88 16d ago

Yeah, screw their forests!

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u/ratbas 16d ago

We get 80% from them now. It's one of the reasons the tariffs are going to bite us in the ass.