TimberOregonians who tresaure the forests should recognize that selective logging could save old-growth trees and revive the industry that built this state

Hal Salwasser

First printed in The Oregonian

Logging. It was once what Oregon was all about. Now, it’s become almost a curse word in this land of Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines.

As I travel the state, I see mill after mill closed. I see businesses in rural communities shuttered. I see long-revered public agencies bashed around like a punching bag. I see recently harvested lands awash in a sea of vigorous, growing young trees.…