good points ... more than history is the importance of logging to Oregon's economy that will enable it to endure until either science provides a more efficient building material or the earth makes a population adjustment to restore the balance. If I were a betting man, I would put my money on the latter and although it will not likely happen in my lifetime, our children and grandchildren may not be so fortunate and if the current administration continues down the road they are on, it will be sooner rather than later.