As Oregon's legislative session heads into the home stretch, leaders are desperately looking to take action to boost jobs. Republicans, and some Democrats, are seeking to revive State Forest management bills that have been lying dormant for the past four months.
Last week, Senate Republicans tried a parliamentary move on the Senate Floor to revive SB 464. Unfortunately, the move failed on a 16-14 party-line vote. SB 464, like HB 2001, would increase timber harvests on State-owned forestlands. Timber sales could provide jobs for loggers, truckers, millworkers and merchants that provide for the timber industry and its employees.
Schools and counties would also benefit from increased timber harvests. State forests are operating significantly below their sustained yield capacity, depriving schools and counties of much needed revenue and rural communities of critical jobs.
Cutting trees is a big issue in every country. We can't deny the fact that we need trees in building houses, but this necessity can ruin the green earth.
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