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yeah, no,    ….you couldn't take me somewhere that has been logged and tell me anything.  

I spent too many years logging.

And you forgot to mention carbon sequestration and the fact that it was decaying trees that provided the nutrient base to support the forests.

There's no such thing as a degenerating forest.  

That bit of baloney is a mythological and false talking point invented by people who only see the forest as something they want to monetize and don't want to acknowledge any other use or the other costs involved in just cutting everything down.

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Peddle that baloney to someone you might be able to dupe.
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