Forest Service and Industry

"The people should know where they are going to cut."

Otis Ward, Clinch Coalition member.

Decisions made by the U.S. Forest Service have a tremendous impact on the people that live in and near the forest. Below are pieces of a conversation about those decisions.

One forest policy issue is how local people use the forest versus how the occassional tourist interacts with the land. JR Moore (left) of the Clinch Coalition and Jenny, a landscape architect for the Forest Service, discuss the issue.

Click to hear the discussion.

Otis Ward, Clinch Coalition member, talks about the importance of citizen input in protecting the watersheds within the Jefferson National Forest.

Peter Fischer of the Forest Service talks about how he sees the economics of logging on public land.

JR Moore talks about the importance of organizing and talking together to get things done.

Click to hear an audio clip of JR Moore.