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Gongratulations to the environmentalists

Here we are in the middle of summer, with more than 2.5 million acres of forests already burned, with more than 30,000 people and visitors evacuated and fleeing their homes and hotels, and firefighters putting their lives on the line. A new fire seems to break out every other day.

While the environmentalists garner the headlines for their attempts to disrupt our businesses, little is heard in the press or from environmentalists about how and why they should take the blame for the destruction of the very thing they pledge to save-our forests.

By the way let's add Washington also. There is no doubt that a series of environmental laws passed over the last l0 years has contributed mightily to the state of our public forests today. In fact these laws have fueled the fires. No

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E-mail: sales@weiniour E-mail: sales@weinigusa.com Intmet: \M.weinigusa.com one can be blamed for the seven year drought, but the environmentalists and government can be blamed for pursuing policies that were clearly disastrous and have led to as much as 400 tons of undergrowth per acre covering the tinderbox dry forest floor and the lack of thinning.

Environmentalists have recently stated that it is unfair to make them scapegoats for blocking efforts to thin forests. But, why not? They have been making this industry scapegoats for years.

They can unfurl their banners, they can sit in trees, they can disrupt association events, or go to court, but nowhere do I hear them taking accountability for the sorry state of our public lands and forests. We are ablaze thanks to the kowtowing of government to the minority who always manage to grab publicity while presenting a false picture to the confused public. For sure there are many who are well meaning, but unfortunately it is the extremists who steal the thunder. While progress comes from reaching agreeable middle ground on both sides, unfortunately the radicals create the loudest noise, and allow good sense to go up in smoke.

The private sector would never manage our national forests the way they are managed today. With the one resource this country has that is renewable we have taken giant steps backwards in the public sector. They have been totally mismanaged, and what we are seeing now is the end result. The thinning that is done today is extremely limited. We are now ablaze due to poor government stewardship of our finest natural resource.

Timber harvesting is the answer, by an industry that has evolved into being responsible social citizens. Harvesting mature trees before they die should be an obvious answer.

If in traveling this summer you find yourself near Mt. St. Helens, see for yourself the difference between the stagnant government side of the mountain and the reforested Weyerhaeuser side. It is night and day. It is time fbr common sense to prevail again. Privately owned forests are healthier and more productive than their government counterparts. Our government must take the right steps and understood that for the long-term survival of our forests for our children and grandchildren, forests need to be managed, resources have to be given, forests have to be opened up to the private sector that knows how to manage the land, and a true picture must be shown to the public about how this industry runs its business.

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