Timber Wars

‘Timber Wars’ bonus episode: Big money bought the forest

By Aaron Scott (OPB) and Tony Schick (OPB)
Nov. 17, 2020 1:15 p.m. Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 7:33 p.m.

Despite the belief that the spotted owl shut down the forests, big timber corporations have continued cutting trees; they just do it on private land while employing fewer people and contributing much less back to the local economies.