At the time they were growing ten trees for everyone they cut down.I don't know if that was typical for the industry but it was something I recall decades later.
I do know I travel by car most of the south over the course of a year and see thousands of miles of , millions and milions of acres of, billions and billions of TREES. There is no shortage, in any shape or form. Hiways, interstates, back roads. TREES, TREES, TREES. One shorter trip up to Bray's Northwest showed the same. Incidentally, RG, as you know, one place you don't see many are in your southern tip of Florida, but from central Florida north..trees, forests everywhere.
Most companies harvest less than 20% of permanent sustainability levels. It would be impossible to harvest enough to wipe out the trees. You are talking over 100,000 square miles in Oregon alone.
At the time they were growing ten trees for everyone they cut down.I don't know if that was typical for the industry ...
When I lived in Seattle I attended some industry group meeting and took a tour of a Weyerhauser facility/museum type facility. The 10-1 ratio you mentioned is probably about right, because it takes several years to grow a tree worth cutting down and using for lumber. Same thing happens with Christmas trees.
And like anything else, if you want to preserve a species, give somebody an opportunity to make a profit on that species. Think chickens, cows, goats, lumber trees, tilapia, and the list goes on.
On the other hand, if you want to eliminate something, let a group of highly degreed experts who think they are smarter than God be in charge of it.