Forest Health Quotes

If we allow responsible management of our forests and end the nonsense litigation from radical environmental groups, we can get our timber mills up and running, reduce the risk of wildfires, and ensure healthier forests and cleaner air.

As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources.

Dense overgrown forests and rangelands have grown like a cancer. They need to be treated.

Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes.

For the forest to be green, each tree must be green.

Removing substantial fuel loads from our forests helps prevent catastrophic fire and better protects species, watersheds and neighboring communities that call them home.

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest.

We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and wildfires. Simultaneously, when our forests are destroyed, their carbon is released back into the atmosphere, further impacting climate change. It's a horrifying one-two punch.

As a lifelong Oregonian, I prefer our forests green, not black.

Our performance should be based on the long-term health of the land, rather than the number of board feet produced.