Conclusions:

The United States is entering a new era of slower economic growth and budget restrictions. The continued cutting of the timber on the public’s National Forests makes no economic sense at all. National Forest lands are generally inaccessible by road or rail, with trees growing on steep slopes, in thin soils and at high altitude. This is the reason why these trees cannot be logged economically. Research also demonstrates that this nation has a plentiful wood supply, and does not need to cut these trees. The timber industry now has more trees growing on more land than at any time since the depression. Economic studies have proved that ending all timber cutting in these forests would lead only to a modest price increase for lumber and plywood. About $3.00 a month on average to the price of a new home. (Zero Cut, Chapter 6). " We as humans are guided by our value systems. We have based our value systems on the "dollar" and place that value on dollars of exploitation, extraction, and destruction of our environment. It is time to take our dollars back and placing their value on the protection of the earth instead of its destruction. I personally feel that there is no way to justify the destruction of these precious ancient forests."(Starhawk’s, Page 1, Para. 1).

The only honest solution is zero cut.

Destruction of Ancient Forest in Pacific Northwest