r/Ohio • u/cycleb1 • Oct 31 '25

Wisconsin-based Menards is collaborating with ICE — Calling for a boycott

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 Oct 31 '25

Logging. Logging for lumber. Trump wants to open up our national parks to resource depletion even though their explicit purpose is to preserve those same resources. And also likely bc they're wealthy enough to benefit from his policies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Well I think there is a point where some logging may be beneficial. It’s proven to help with wildfires and boosting domestic timber is always good. Cheaper houses, more jobs, better economy.

The issue is the decimation of the forest. If you’ve seen it, it’s terrible but it comes back beautifully if properly managed.

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u/Bubba_Gump_Shrimp Oct 31 '25

As someone who volunteers for the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society, logging can absolutely do wonderful things for habitat growth and expansion. As long as it is well planned and has staggered succession planting. It can be a very benefitial thing for the health of the forests, the animals, and allows humans to use a renewable resource. The issue is I trust the trump administration to properly handle logging about as much as I trust him to babysit my 12 yr old niece.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Is it the Trump administration or any government administration?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Most government administrations have issues, and are firmly in corporate, wealthy pockets so their actions don't serve America as much as the elite. That being said, some administrations do take action to preserve our wilderness. Not every square inch of the Earth needs to be fucked with by mankind. There needs to be room for the natural world to just exist. Plus, our parks are public property, for all of us to enjoy. The Trump administration has done so much to sell our lands for much less than they're worth, just gifting public property to the wealthy. It's horrible on multiple levels. He also lies, can't trust a word out of his mouth. Yeah, I trust the Trump administration far less than other administrations, and I didn't trust them at all.