The Evolving West

The West has, and continues to, evolve. The era of economic dependency on resource extraction has long since passed. The logging industry has been a fraction of the economy of the Sierra’s rural counties for decades. Even in the counties where significant logging industry infrastructure remains and where the economies are the least diversified, timber employment is a small player.

Read more about the evolution of the west, and new forest economies including sustainably harvested, small diameter trees and their role in forest restoration, in the links to your left.