Ecology versus Economy: Logging

1. Benefit: Jobs

1.1. Supports jobs in New Hampshire, with 1, 921 jobs supported in 2012. (New Hampshire Timberland Owners accessed November 29, 2014)

1.2. Supports jobs, the sum of jobs logging impacts, both direct and indirect in Mississippi was 123,659 in 2006. (Mississippi State University accessed November 29, 2014)

2. Benefit: Money

2.1. States benefit financially, the impact was 17.4 billion dollars in Mississippi in 2006. (Mississippi State University accessed November 29, 2014)

2.2. Financial impact on New Hampshire's economy was 105.7 million dollars in 2012. (New Hampshire Timberland Owners accessed November 29, 2014)

3. Cost: Deforestation

3.1. Forests cleared every year sum to be about the size of Panama. (National Geographic, 2014 last accessed November 30, 2014)

3.2. Even with replanting programs, the older forest is replaced with younger, sometimes non-native species that competes with the indigenous species for resources. (Sierra Forest Legacy, 2012 last accessed November 30, 2014)

4. Cost: Biodiversity

4.1. More than 70% of land animals live in forests and cannot survive if their habitat is destroyed. (National Geographic, 2014 last accessed November 30, 2014)

4.2. Roads divide habitats, harming migration and wildlife dispersion. (Sierra Forest Legacy, 2012 last accessed November 30, 2014)