Setting the record straight on Kootenai National Forest timber sales
To the Editor:
I read Jim Petersen’s Op-Ed in the Nov. 21, 2023, issue of the Western News, and found it an interesting approach to getting his point across about the value of modern forest management on our local forestlands.
As a professional forester, I agree with much of what he has to say. I do, however, take issue with his “revisionist history” concerning the closure of the Stimson Mill in Libby. I continue to hear that the lack of Forest Service timber sales was responsible and that the Forest Service was unwilling to provide Stimson with more timber to keep the mill in operation.
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