Enviro-whackos have a fraudulent claim of an "endangered species" for every square acre in the U.S.
This began in the 80s to obstruct development.
Demonictat overruns are at least 50% which have not been added in. Expect at least $50billion plus.
It started with the Spotted Owl to restrict logging. Once it worked on that, surrogates were employed to stop any other project that preservationists wanted to stop or at least slow up.
In the national forests they have stopped logging even after wild fires have blown through. If you can hold up the timber sale for a few years, the timber becomes almost worthless to the sawmills. Once the bark gets burned off the standing timber it is open to insect invasion. The wood can be riddled with bug holes. Decreasing its grade and return to the mill. It can also have more shake, splits and eventually decay. So, the longer the dead timber stands there after the fire, the less it is worth to the sawmills.