It must be clearcut. Actually, I heard this out of the planet raper's maw:
"A tree has no value if it can't make me money."
That was the mentality/mindset and worldview of the typical planet raper back in the 1980s. Today, very few if any sawmills in Oregon are currently in operation. Trees are clearcut, converted to "clean" logs, and then shipped overseas to waiting buyers..
"Eat a Spotted Owl!"
That line was commonly spewed by planet rapers during the "Save the Old Growth" movement in Oregon back in the 1980s. Never saw any of those Nature haters actually eat a "Spotted Owl" as they frequently claimed to want to do. Saving Old Growth at Opal Creek was a big thing back then. Back then, Taxol (chemotherapy drug) could only be derived from the Yew Tree. That tree mostly only grew under the canopy of Old Growth forests.. Today, Taxol can be made from the Yew tree's needles rather than from its bark. It use to take an entire Yew tree to get one dose for chemotherapy. Now, just the Yew tree's needles are used. The tree doesn't have to be cut down any more. The debate over monetary vs naturalist value of trees still goes on. Now though, lawyers do the fighting in courtrooms. The lumberjack vs tree hugger confrontations in Oregon are definitely not as intense (if at all) as they were during the 1980s. Most of the mills there are now closed. Those workers are now retired or dead. Any clearcutting being done nowadays is done using big machines and not manually. Oregon has over the years, been headednin the direction of becoming one big tree farm of second, third and fourth growth trees. Now, that pace may pick up, with the planet rapers wanting to see that process complete, and a terminally rabid planet raper at our country's helm.
So, what happened to Opal Creek Old Growth Forest?
----->Opal Creek’s old-growth forest was protected for decades, only to be severely damaged in the 2020 wildfires.
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