re: Collaboration to save the West's forests

I’ve had an interest in the forest products industry for quite a few years.

I just googled USFS Harvest Trends and found many reports, etc. on the subject to find those charts. I knew the western public lands harvest had decreased significantly ~ 25 years ago.

I don’t have info on lumber imports or exports but it should be available from the Department of Commerce.

A lot of mills closed in the west when the harvest decreased. The industry as a whole shrunk with the 2008 recession. The inefficient could not survive - economic Darwinism.