A corner has been turned after decades of Northwest timber wars, thanks to a new focus on preventing wildfires and global warming, along with enhancing fish and wildlife habitat.
Environmentalists are welcoming the sound of chain saws helping to reduce fire danger and restore ecosystem balance, and they’re not alone.
The last sawmill standing in the area has adopted green certification because it makes sense for its struggling bottom line, and the local forest ranger has 10 years of work planned out covering 10,000 acres — including timber sales that will provide logs for the mill — without a single protest, appeal or lawsuit to stop them.
(Continue reading AP’s report at WTOPNews.com)
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