Any timber company that works the way it did in the 1980's is totally irresponsible. The best example of Environmental Forestry is Plum Creek Timber. You can see their timber management practices and independent audits at www.plumcreek.com.

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>If Norse and Morrison are correct, unprotected old-growth in the Northwest would disappear within 30 to 40 years at recent logging rates (approximately 19,000 hectares/year). However, since so much of what remains is fragmented or otherwise compromised by proximity to roads and clearcuts, the ecologically viable old-growth forest area outside of protected area could disappear far faster. According to Norse, with logging rates and harvesting patterns similar to those of the 1980's, any old growth forest remaining outside of protected areas would come under the damaging influence of windthrow and radical microclimatic shifts within 20-25 years.