WA’s stream buffer rule: Big economic impact, little environmental evidence

WA’s stream buffer rule: Big economic impact, little environmental evidence

A state board appears poised to create additional tree buffers around certain streams that bring no real environmental benefit worth the cost to communities and a struggling industry, Guest Writer Jacob Vail, a Burlington forester, argues. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News) I work for a local forest products company and in this line of work, it can feel like we live and breathe forest policy. I imagine that for many others, the science and reg…