🌲 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 lost nearly a third of its wood-processing mills (428→302) since 1985.
Production went UP anyway.
My new paper in the Journal of Forestry breaks down the last five decades of consolidation in the forest products industry 🧵
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Naresh Khanal
@nishani53.github.io
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Forest Economics Researcher @umaine.bsky.social | Writing on mass timber, wildfire risk, & mill infrastructure in @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, @bangordailynews.bsky.social, & @oregonianopinion.bsky.social.
