Metch, I've been in Alaska less than 20 years, so I spoke about Oregon's timber industry- logging in the Tongass in Alaska, as far as I'm concerned, is inappropriate in most places (It's a very large forest)and in others is a victim of depressed demand. The US timber industry has to reinvent itself in response to competition and demand.

Oregon, on the other hand, like it or not, to a great degree is tree farming. The mountains and hills are filled with tracts of same age timber stands. I tend not to like it but I understand the compulsion.

One of the worst effects of tree farming is that it is not friendly to wildlife, either mammal or bird. It's like growing broccoli.