We are saying “Good-by” to many bird species! If forestry were legalized gambling … and on the left were private companies … to the right State and Federal Governments, the latter 2 could (and do) copy the most cost efficient, profitable clonal monoculture techniques of the left and how far the limits on herbicide use might be on the right (in the US, we use herbicides in the Olympic National Park). It would be “best of all worlds” business-wise and very bad for birds and the slow flushing toilet that gathers the run-off (Puget Sound). If Bonhoeffer Botanical Gardens’ biodiversity is a 100, states (and province)
public owned lumber forests are a 6 and the Federal Government a 2. This is truer for U.S. Government’s forests that cover/own ¼ of Washington State’s land. On a 1 to 100 scale, the U.S. score is 2, Canada is a (minus) -1. Richard Power’s “The Overstory – “people think national forests are like national parks and cannot be logged, that they are treated the same, what a joke.” And of course, if one is engaged in gambling, who guards the guards? So, what a pleasure to read the Everett Herald’s July 2022 edition, parsed photos shown above. Admitting that DNR lands are not “all about schools,” is a 1st small step, but all should applaud, even the Eastern owned forestry corporations and the US Government … that would have less competition in a safer, cleaner, cooler and more biodiverse world – perhaps with more birds, no thanks to them. Opponents to biodiversity on the west slope of Pacific Rim’s mountains that cool and mix the easternly flowing air are saying, “biodiversity is for the birds.” And they are correct, but it is also for the survival of the human species on this planet, including those who reside where our winds blow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Overstory
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/birds-population-decline-north-america/
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/to-speak-for-trees-snohomish-county-activists-arm-themselves-with-data/
https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/blog/white-ravens-delight-qualicum-beach-birders/
https://wa.audubon.org/news/more-half-washington-state-birds-risk-extinction-due-climate-change
The US Forest Service and State DNRs copy the advanced monoculture, herbicides, and forestry practices of private corporations because they are:
like Arizona that does not allow clear-cutting
like Maine and California that prohibit use of herbicides
the most profitable methods
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