Environmental commentary

“The conditions for catastrophe exist. But this time, Maine isn't waiting for the hillsides to turn brown.”

“The conditions for catastrophe exist. But this time, Maine isn't waiting for the hillsides to turn brown.”

The loss of sawmills around Oregon means that efforts to conduct wildfire prevention, such as thinning, are hitting a brick wall with no one able to process the small-diameter logs, writes Naresh Khanal, who recently earned his master's degree from Oregon State University's College of Forestry. It's a critical gap that neither Salem nor Washington, D.C. have been willing to confront.

The loss of sawmills around Oregon means that efforts to conduct wildfire prevention, such as thinning, are hitting a brick wall with no one able to process the small-diameter logs, writes Naresh Khanal, who recently earned his master's degree from Oregon State University's College of Forestry. It's a critical gap that neither Salem nor Washington, D.C. have been willing to confront.

The loss of sawmills around Oregon means that efforts to conduct wildfire prevention, such as thinning, are hitting a brick wall with no one able to process the small-diameter logs, writes Naresh Khan...

The next crane you see going up over a Seattle city block should be lifting cross-laminated timber panels harvested from Washington forests,

The loss of sawmills around Oregon means that efforts to conduct wildfire prevention, such as thinning, are hitting a brick wall with no one able to process the small-diameter logs, writes Naresh Khan...

Every summer in Central Oregon now comes with the same uneasy routine: checking smoke forecasts, watching evacuation maps, and hoping the next lightning storm does not spark another disaster. People [...

Fires that typically burn 10 to 20 acres are now running 50 to 100 or more after Helene's forest destruction. Debris is also slowing suppression.

The next crane you see going up over a Seattle city block should be lifting cross-laminated timber panels harvested from Washington forests,

“The conditions for catastrophe exist. But this time, Maine isn't waiting for the hillsides to turn brown.”

It would be unwise to change it and contribute to inflation and capital outflow.