An employee of RY Timber presented misleading commentary in his essay “Forest Service is Right to Restore Forest Health.” First, keep in mind that the timber industry and forestry profession (both dependents on logging for their employment) have conveniently defined forest health. For example, the commentator suggests dead beetle-kill lodgepole pine represents an “unhealthy” forest. More

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