We live in the Tongass. The real cost in devastation by the logging industry is irreparable. The article mentions the additional economic sources in theTongass of tourism, hunting, fishing yet these have been negatively impacted by the logging industry as old growth habitats crucial for the life cycle of both wildlife and fish.
The loss of these forests coupled with the introduction of potent chemicals used by the logging industry and abuses by logging companies while the USFS looks the other way is devastating. Abuses like bulldozing wolf and bear dens even when in use to circumvent protective regs that prevent logging near them.
that coupled with the Appalachian lifestyle and mindsetthat is fostered by city officials in small towns like ours has heavily damaged anadromous streams and lakes.
What potent chemicals? Chain saw oil?