“These are unprocessed logs being shipped abroad for bottom dollar instead of being processed here and sorted here with the value-added industry that could be on top of milling our own wood.
Torrance Coste, Wilderness Committee national campaign director, said it’s not about ending logging, but rather getting more out of trees being cut down.
The forest that we are leaving open to some logging, we need to be turning them into more valuable things.
The union has a long-standing history of advocating for a transition from old growth harvesting and the focus needs to be on second- and third-growth harvests and getting more value from the forests, he said.
“I am 43 years old and in my working career, I believe I will see the end of old-growth logging,” said Shiell.