We discussed it here before.
It is more and more recognized that the “save the forest” environs practically destroyed our forests!
There are too many trees around, and they cause these devastating wildfires.
We need to thin our forest!
But, thanks to the years of neglect, we do not have the people, and there is lack of demand for trees which are not first class.
Companies will not cut trees which they cannot sell.
It used to be these weed trees were used for paper, but we have so much recycled one now, we cannot use the wood!
So many paper mills went out of business!
Investments like this will, hopefully, help us to save the forest by creating demand for subpar trees produced by thinning, when applying proper forest management!
Around here, there is no shortage of pulpwood. The trees are purposefully planted too thick and the weak are turned into paper and the strong are made into saw logs (lumber).
What I heard from foresters, the people who really know, is, that we have at least 10x more trees for acre than it is consider sustainable.
But, there are lawsuits, regulations, lack of qualified workers and lack of demand!
This should help with the demand.