[pct-l] Last Straw...

[jmertes at verizon.net (John Mertes)]

Living in Del Norte County, Ca, a small county with a lot of state and 
federal parkland as well as national forest, I have some experience with 
local politicians and local control. Locally, the timber interests have 
the money and substantial influence and the main interest is to cut at 
many trees as fast as possible. Local control will mean at best 
converting the national forests to government subsidized tree farms and 
at worst to clear cut eroded terrain.

Keep in mind, these are _national_ forests which belong to all ~300 
million Americans; not just the local loggers.