Associated Oregon Loggers welcomes the U.S. Forest Service decision to withdraw the National Old Growth Amendment process, an ill-conceived effort championed by out-of-touch environmental politics that threatened to undermine both forest health and the American economy.
This deeply flawed proposal ignored realities of modern forest management and would have imposed disastrous consequences on Oregon’s rural communities, forestry sector and the national forest role in addressing carbon and climate.
The NOGA process, initiated more than two…