[SauronOfMordor]

He stated that the enviros are blinded by dogma, and have deluded themselves into the belief that catostrophic fire is somehow natural and good for the animals.

A more cynical explanation is that they will argue whichever way their money people tell them to

How much money do private forestry companies like Weyerhaeuser and International Paper, who own their own private forests, pay the eco-nuts to ensure there is no competition from logging on federal land?

How much of the anti-nuke crowd are subsidized by OPEC?

[forester]

How much money do private forestry companies like Weyerhaeuser and International Paper, who own their own private forests, pay the eco-nuts to ensure there is no competition from logging on federal land?
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I read about this years ago in a Competitive Enterprise newsletter....something about the large timber corporations funding the enviro movement to keep the wood off the market...at this point it doesn’t matter, the sawmilling infrastructure has been eliminated from large portions of the west....but still the enviro’s protest cutting dead trees............