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And new challenges are beginning over legislation promoting timber salvage after wildfires . For example , we are concerned that meeting the numeric targets in subsection ( a ) ( 2 ) may actually result in a concomitant reduction in existing timber salvage and sales operations conducted by the BLM . For example , it could be self-defeating to follow a greenhouse gas abatement strategy which involves increasing timber consumption because this could encourage the destruction of the very natural forests ( in Canada , Alaska , Russia and Scandinavia ) that are threatened by climate change . " The Governor 's Task Force on Forest Sustainability inquiry stemmed from recognition of several rapid changes impacting the state 's forest resources ( i.e ., increasing timber consumption , forest fragmentation , public concern about silvicultural practices , restrictions on National Forests timber harvesting policies , population increases , and urban-to-rural sprawl ) ( 1996:2 -5 ) . The President has directed the Department of Agriculture and the Interior and all other appropriate Federal Agencies to expedite their existing timber salvage sales programs for those areas not falling within spotted owl habitat , where timber harvesting is prohibited by Federal court order . We conduct vegetative treatments in those locations where this is not the case , and where we can help expedite the recovery process through carefully planned and conducted activities that may also recover value from these areas through various actions , including timber salvage operations .