Guest Opinion: The ‘unintended consequences’ from massive deforestation projects continue to mount

Guest Opinion: The ‘unintended consequences’ from massive deforestation projects continue to mount

Twenty-three years ago, the Bush administration and Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress passed the so-called “Healthy Forests Restoration Act.” Falsely claiming our forests were “unnaturally dense,” they redefined living forests full of trees as unacceptable “fuel loading,” and…