Agriculture Secretary's memo opens up 80 percent of Los Padres Forest to expedited logging

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "This is a thinly veiled attempt to ramp up logging on our national forests, bypass environmental laws, and line the pockets of the timber industry," argued Kuyper.
46% : On Wednesday, Executive Director Jeff Kuyper of the Los Padres ForestWatch issued a press release explaining that under the new designation, the Forest Service can approve logging and vegetation removal projects on an expedited basis while bypassing environmental protection laws and public input.
37% : " "Despite claims that logging will reduce wildfire risk, decades of scientific research and recent wildfire disasters consistently show that commercial logging does not prevent the most destructive fires -- those driven by extreme winds and climate conditions.

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