Northwest Timber Towns Expect New Jobs Under Trump
The Chronicle (November 21, 2016)

In the aftermath of the election, what would it take for President-elect Trump to make good on his campaign talk, at least in this sliver of rural America, and bring the Home Valley mill back into operation?

That question revealed some unexpected common ground between a vice president of the timber company that owns the veneer plant and a conservation biologist who watchdogs federal timber harvests.

They both want the mill, shut down in 2008, to reopen. They both believe that can happen without gutting the rules that protect the spotted owl and other forest creatures, and without reigniting a war in the woods. And, they both point to a key obstacle: the Forest Service’s shortage of money — made worse by costs to fight wildfires — and shortage of staff to undertake all the environmental reviews and other work needed to boost timber sales from the nearby Gifford Pinchot National Forest.