Reform Package Offers Promise to Depressed Rural Economies

Rich Matteis
Administrator of the California Farm Bureau Federation in Sacramento

As Californians, we love our redwood decks and sturdy, wood-constructed homes. But most of us have no idea that 70 percent of the lumber we use has to be imported from out of state—despite the productive, beautiful forests in the Sierra, the Coast Range and other California woodlands. A plan to reform California timber harvest [...]

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