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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging (www.washingtonpost.com)
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An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

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[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Are sawmills and crews suddenly going to spring up to process all the new timber? Also, those trees aren't necessarily construction quality species.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, China will buy it. Oh wait...

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