The price of lumber tripled between 89 & 93 because of this foolishness. Lots & lots of jobs were lost, lots of rural areas suffered a great deal, lots of exports lost and in the end it does nothing for the owl or the environment to do this.
The people responsible -- those that caused the problem -- must be held accountable and pay restitution. Massive fraud should land them in prison for at least a decade.
I'm a builder and I know. This, and other leftist ideas have killed the affordible house for the working class. More and more they are making the wage slave their serf. Landless and dependent.