The loggers in the northern part of the state might not care for this legislation. I think they occasionally use chain saws.
Birch harvesting was a big deal when I was up there around Bemiji many years ago. I suspect you are right.
Outstate MN, like so many other Democrat hell-holes, is, for the most part, solid red politically.
Minnesota government is owned by big city leftists, and they don’t give a rip what normal people think.