we support the lifting of the log ban?

Question

debating on the advantages of cutting down trees

Answer 1

I do not support the cutting of old-growth forests. Managed forest land, handled properly, is sufficient to deal with the need for wood and wood products. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and for these ancient forests to be destroyed would be a crime.

Answer 2

Ayomide,

Dances_with_Unicorns has a point. Extremeism in almost any area of our lives is a bad thing. Those that want to protect forests at all costs are just as counterproductive as those that want to cut them all down.
I was born in Bend, Oregon in the olden days. We were taught to respect nature, not to fear it. Logging was a big thing back then.
What I would like to share with you, is a concept called 'Sustained Yield'. It's also kind of a common sense thing. There are millions of acres of trees here. Each year the forest grows a certain amount. If we only harvest as much as the forest produces each year, we could harvest that much every year forever.
I'll give you a hypothetical example (because I don't know how many trees there really are). If there were 10 million trees and each one grew one board foot of wood each year, we could harvest 10 million board feet each year and never reduce the size of the forest or run out of trees.