Original Articles: Seattle Times | Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Should Washington clear-cut public forests to fund new K-12 schools?
It seems unthinkable that our smart, outdoor-loving citizenry would condone clear-cutting thousands of acres of trees each year to help fund public education.
But we do.
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Washington state’s 1889 Constitution requires the Department of Natural Resources to log our 2.1-million-acre, school-trust forests to help pay construction costs for K-12 schools and universities. In 2014 DNR timber sales contributed a measly $120 million to Washington’s $7.6 billion K-12 budget.
Read moreOriginal Article: CrossCut.com
Education and nature are sacred in Washington. Yet when we build new schools, tens of thousands of trees on state trust lands are felled to fund their construction.
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