La Manga
timber sale, Carson National Forest, New Mexico
John Talberth
Pubic land’s highest and best use is to provide core reserves for the
protection and restoration of
biological diversity and dynamic ecosystem processes.
La Manga
timber sale, Carson National Forest, New Mexico
John Talberth
No activities that destroy or degrade the quality of air and water, wilderness and wildlife habitat should be permitted on public lands.
The corporate and commercial exploitation of public lands must be halted. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial timber sales, grazing, mining, and oil and gas development.
The nation’s forests are worth far more, ecologically and economically, for ourselves and future generations standing and growing where they are than liquidated for short-term gain.
By eliminating subsidized abuses of public resources, billions of taxpayer dollars will be saved. These vast subsidies should be redirected to programs that create jobs restoring ecosystems, recover wildlife populations, reduce consumption and provide practical alternatives, and promote sustainability on private lands.
Ending resource extraction on public lands and redirection government
subsidies will help to
diversify, stabilize, and strengthen forest dependent communities and
the nation’s economy.