mezzoblue.com has stunning photos of the impact of clearcutting BC Forests:

A picture is worth a thousand words and all that, so here’s a 4000 word essay on what the forestry industry is doing in British Columbia, as of whatever the date was when the satellite snapped these.

Behold the evidence of a legacy too much focus on volume rather than higher value products. If we’re going to decrease unsustainable rates of cut, but maintain forestry employment levels, BC is going to have to value-add every tree cut down in the province. A continued expansion of raw log exports will increase the prevalence of such pictures into our future.