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The 13 suspended logging projects in the region were relatively small, and about half were to reduce fire hazards. The rest included salvaging timber killed by insects or other causes, said Rex Holloway, a Forest Service spokesman. Five involved thinning timber without commercial value.

This statement contradicts itself. What the hell do they think dead trees, killed by insects or other causes, are except a fire hazard? If they still have useful wood left in them then I guess it is evil to log them!

[Amish with an attitude]

"If they still have useful wood left in them then I guess it is evil to log them!"

Eco-freaks = Pantheists

To them dead logs are dead relatives.