Clearcut or Zero-Cut Now?

Ninety-five percent of the nation’s native forests have been logged. Most of the remaining five percent lie on public lands, but are subject to taxpayer subsidized logging. The result: hundreds of species are threatened with extinction, fisheries suffer, drinking water supplies are polluted, and destabilized soils result in disastrous floods and landslides. Logging companies claim the U.S. needs the lumber and the jobs. But National Forests supply less than four percent of U.S. demand. Is it really a choice between “owls and jobs” or is that just corporate spin to justify continuing subsidies for logging companies? Are there viable alternatives for meeting our timber and fiber needs? Is it time to stop logging on public lands altogether? Inside are the answers to these and other timely questions Americans are asking about the future of our National Forests.

Zero-Cut