03/22/2026
So, after a couple weeks of research I wanted to catch everyone up, and remind you that this Monday, March 23 8:59pm is the deadline for submitting Public Comment opposing this BS!
⬇️ You can do that & LEARN MORE HERE ⬇️
https://emeraldcurtaincollective.org/act-now/
 Tons of info, links, maps, etc. included in ECC's Call To Action(CTA)👆🏼Alot of what I mention in this video is outlined in the 'Truth about Oregon Timber' file there. (Quick, easy read)
So, If you're curious about the combined reasons why our Logging economy fell, please check it out. (versus the decades long industry- pushed propaganda & purposeful division created by blaming it all on the spotted owl).
And, Here's a little history if you want to read more...👇🏼
First came increased automation, raw log exports, cheap labor, and the mid-80's shift to Wall-Street "Financial Forestry" that allowed huge corporations to harvest our forest's resources to near extinction while slowly kicking our locals out of the equation...
Then, due to the heavily unsustainable corporate practices of over-logging for quick returns, (on top of nearly a century of Old-Growth logging) came the NW forest plan to slow it down- so some contiguous Old Growth would be spared in order to protect the water and habitat for imperiled species including the Pacific Coho Salmon, spotted owl & more.
–That move, by the way, came first from the Head of the Siuslaw National Forest, right here at home! The local Forest Service got very worried about the terrible state the streams and rivers were in, and the massive decline of the Salmon population.–
Thus began the years of research, studies, findings, hearings, lawsuits & eventually court injunction that led to creating the NW Forest plan (93-94).
The NWFP didn't happen overnight, and it didn't happen *To* the logging industry– it happened *Because Of* the Logging industry...
"Financial forestry" (REITS & TIMO's) have continued to take over the majority of Oregon's private Forestland– And so our only chance at maintaining any good water quality, intact moist & wet forest types, and Old-Growth habitat– is to protect what we have left on public land!!
Which brings us right back to telling BLM & Bentz– NO WAY!! Absolutely NOT.
Short term returns for their Wall Street investor buddies on a lifetime of devastation for the rest of us, is a HARD PASS.
Learn more & TAKE ACTION at:
https://emeraldcurtaincollective.org/cta/tell-blm-no/
(Direct Link to this BLM comment writing Action)
🙏🏼Please stay tuned for more Actions we can take too, as this is JUST ONE in a long string of actions from this administration to grab our public land and resources…
Btw, Excellent resource on Financial Forestry, NWFP & more is Coast Range Association website:
coastrange.org
And go to CRA's ACT NOW page to check out their Awesome MARMOT, LIDAR project w/ TallTrees.org
You can see the height and probable age of the BLM & NF forests in their crazy, super zoomable mapping project!!
http://youtu.be/FiG74kBLC2g?si=j8-_mxnNLVfhAc3R
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