Friday, November 23, 2007

Timber Production

California has about 40 million acres of forestland, whereas Oregon has 28.8 million acres and Washington has 23 million acres of forestland, yet both states are still out-producing California by considerable amounts.

"As recently as 30 years ago, we harvested enough trees in California to meet the wood products needs of our residents," said Donn Zea, President of the California Forest Products Commission. "Today, we meet less than 20 percent of the needs of our residents, even though we have abundant forests that are overgrown."

"In so many ways, California has led the nation in adopting environmentally friendly principles," Zea said. "However, implementing policies that prevent or discourage sustainable forestry leads to a shirking of our responsibility to meet our wood product needs locally."


Source:
CALIFORNIA FOREST PRODUCTS COMMISSION RELEASES ANNUAL 'STATE OF THE INDUSTRY' REPORT
California Lags Behind Oregon and Washington in Meeting Residents' Wood Needs

3 comments:

  1. rose,
    name some environmental laws that california has that oregon and washington dont.....

    and please lay out the laws that affect california logging, but not washington or oregon...

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  2. theo you dipo,it's the time and cost to get a THP then the fucking jerks like you who will file complaints and then winter comes then a property owner has to start all over again. Sorry I called you and your ilk an idiot. You are much worse.

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  3. Theo is just here to keep the argument going, not interested in any form of rational discussion. That and to cover and justify Schectman's activities, rihgt?

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