‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

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By By Nathan Gilles, Columbia InsightOct 14, 2024, 4:55 am755 ptsInterestingTop
Among environmentalists, government agencies and logging interests, a war of words is raging over the future of our forests. By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight In 2019, conservation activist and longtime Washington state resident Stephen Kropp did something he’d never done before: he explored a forest managed…

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