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Trees Grow Back, Pavement Is Forever
On the radio with KPLU, Conservation Northwest's Executive Director Mitch Friedman explores this issue and the topic of working forests versus development.
For the Chuckanuts, working forest trumps development
A recent University of Washington report contains a dire prediction: over the next decade Washington could lose to development a football field-sized chunk of forest every 23 minutes. Is sustainable logging of second-growth better for the land than subdivisions and development would be? We think so. Working forests provide clean water for fish, habitat for wildlife, and places for people to recreate.
An innovative collaborative agreement reached earlier this year by Conservation Northwest, the Department of Natural Resources, and others helps protect forests in the Chuckanut Mountains near Bellingham, one of the state's areas at highest risk of development. The plan allocates $12 million to protect Skagit County forest lands adjacent to Blanchard Mountain, southernmost point in the Chuckanuts.
On the radio with KPLU, Conservation Northwest's Executive Director Mitch Friedman explores the issue of working forests versus development. "From the eyes of a salamander or songbird, logging looks a lot better than a subdivision...." His bottom line, "Sustainably logged forests grow back, but pavement is forever."