I don't mean to be a downer Junebug, but the state of affairs is what it is, and right now there isn't anything we can do about it.
The shame of it all is that some regulation is good, but no one ever seems to understand what over-regulation does. A regulation stating that a slide way should be built to prevent shoreline degradation is good, but then requiring an environmental impact statement on the same simple slide is crazy. Maybe they think the slide will be part of a major logging operation which has never been done before anywhere in the world? Who knows?
Also, a law banning or prohibiting submerged tree pulling is good (this is the practice of wrapping chains around the trunk of a tree and then pulling it out by its roots). However, to then say all logging of any kind is bad is extreme.
How about regulations stating any tree submerged by reservoir water is now part of our cultural heritage and therefore cannot be removed? I guess its okay to let them rot, but don't try to remove them. Does anyone ever ask why?
I could go on and on. In some cases anything found underwater after a certain period of time is considered the property of the state, so if a tree is stamped with a number indicating it belongs to a logging company, you must first sue to establish ownership.
