Public land timber harvest

[KY wild]

I don't know if I like this or dislike it. I like keeping public land to wildlife and protected but much wildlife as we know needs and benefit from thicker cover. I hope this also changes what trees can be used for in building houses, regulations now are ridiculous. I think this logging could be a good thing for the forest if it is done with best practice. Thoughts?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...iate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/

 

[T-Max]

I don't know if I like this or dislike it. I like keeping public land to wildlife and protected but much wildlife as we know needs and benefit from thicker cover. I hope this also changes what trees can be used for in building houses, regulations now are ridiculous. I think this logging could be a good thing for the forest if it is done with best practice. Thoughts?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...iate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/

MeatEater podcast had Sen. Sheehy from Montana on this week. He talked about this quite a bit and I thought Steve and crew pressed him a little which was good. Worth a listen.


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[Ben.MN/WI]

I wish they would dramatically increase the logging on public land. I'm sure there are some locations that should be left as old growth, but many areas could support a lot more huntable wildlife if there was more young growth.

 

[Foggy47]

If you do not selectively harvest timber......sooner or later fire or disease will claim the timber......then you got nothing to show for it. I like to see some old growth like most other people. But a completely "hands off" preservation policy is not the right way to manage.

 

[Buckly]

I don't know if I like this or dislike it. I like keeping public land to wildlife and protected but much wildlife as we know needs and benefit from thicker cover. I hope this also changes what trees can be used for in building houses, regulations now are ridiculous. I think this logging could be a good thing for the forest if it is done with best practice. Thoughts?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...iate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/

We have an area close to here which has never been logged and is considered an old growth preserve. Pretty to look at but virtually no good for most wildlife. There needs to be a good responsible turnover in my opinion for healthy forests. I don’t know what percent of US production comes from public land but, I’m assuming a large portion. I think almost all OSB and plywood comes from Canadian public land. A large portion of quality hardwood from the northeast goes out of the Country. The South provides all the framing lumber and of course the West has all the quality soft lumber.. how much of that is on public? Again I don’t know but I bet most of it.