SUN JOURNAL • January 19, 2025
The new Trump administration will not only endorse the “drill baby drill” slogan, but will also support the “cut baby cut” approach. There should be a ban on cutting old growth and mature forest on all public lands, effective immediately. All forestry operations should be based on maximizing carbon intake. We are all aware how much the forests do for us as carbon sinks and in terms of clean water, clean air, temperature and weather modifiers, and in supporting biological diversity. Now more than ever, forests are central in terms of saving the planet from the catastrophic outcomes of a rapidly warming planet. We must move away from exploitation and fully endorse a new relationship with the natural world. ~ Jonathan Carter, Forest Ecology Network