Tell that to the 61,000 direct employees of the timber industry who earn an average wage of over $50,000 per year.  Oh, and compare that to your favored "Service Sector" employees who earn less than half of that wage.  The industry's payroll is in excess of $3 Billion/year, and has sales of over $12.5 Billion.

Private timberland owners pay harvest taxes in lieu of property taxes on the value of the timber to ensure owners keep forest land forested, and make the investment in the land that won't pay back for 50 or more years.

As far as never getting enough of cheap public timber, wake up.  With over 60% of the forested acres in the state, the feds contribute less than 15% of the harvest.  The feds harvest only 9% of their annual growth, all the while letting 3 times as much fall over and die.

Lastly, if Global Warming, oops, I mean Climate Change is causing forest fires, why are 19 out of the 20 large fires on USFS controlled acres?  Hmmm.