The Official Treehouse Articles Thread

[cory]

Imo, the article states that the hardwood timber industry in appalachia area is in dire straits because :

Appalachia’s hardwood industry comprising loggers, sawmills, truckers and manufacturers is struggling to survive. The industry, a fixture of the regional economy, has been in decline for decades. A series of shocks since 2018 has accelerated the decline: a trade war with China, a collapse in exports due to Covid, China’s real-estate slump, and falling U.S. home building.

 

[cory]

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Since I have perpetually employed merely 2 employees, I found this interesting.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/scaling-through-chaos-how-the-worlds-fastest-growing-startups-get-that-way-efc398d3?st=T1erDN&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Regulation has about killed logging out here. Now there is more squeaky wheeled shite going on around Yosemite called the Edge of Light project or something like that. Huge chunk of Sierras will be off limits to cattle, logging, motorized trail riding etc. One of their slogans is Cowboys Not Cows. Grazing saves a lot of forest up in the higher country below the tree line. So here we go again .
I call it Forest Mismanagement my self usually with the BLM folks. .
Bureau of Land Mismanagment is more the proper label.
When I find the link about it again, I'll post it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Range of Light National Monument. Over a million Acres.
There are some videos from the activest.
Kind of a rabbit hole as there are tons of videos as she showcases special spots in the zone.
Under Unite the Parks on YouTube.


They use the word Restore a lot. Once you get to know the movement, they pretty much want the mountains back to before man got involved. Yet say controlled burns are going to be allowed. I think we would really have to see a plan of action there.
Logging removes a lot of dead and dying etc. Harvesting is always under great scrutiny. You really need a Forester to go in and desinate what to remove. Then the LTOs move in. Private lands are the exception and that would mean imminent domain into those effected. Land that is generational.
A lot of opposition.

The Range of Light National Monument Would Link Some of California’s Most Famous National Parks. Does It Have a Chance?

Thousands of acres in California’s Sierra National Forest have been proposed as a national monument. Many argue that the protection is crucial for wildlife, the environment, and wilderness recreation. But it will face stiff opposition.

www.outsideonline.com

The Range of Light National Monument by Unite the Parks

The ground-breaking campaign to unite Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks by creating the Range of Light National Monument out of 1.4 million acres of federal land.

www.unitetheparks.org

https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/marek-warszawski/article294723329.html

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9600

A point I will just raise for consideration. Yosemite you need a pass to get in anymore made by reservation. This was to cut down of too many vehicles and visitors in the park.
So, what will we need for the whole area.?
Again. I want to see the studies etc. And a plan of caretaking.