Amen.
Land prices here have increased by factor of OVER 100X (one- HUNRED times) in the last 35 years anywhere within 10 miles of major employment areas (microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, etc) and private forest land at least 10X in same time.
To try and preserve forest land, Lewis county (100 mi south of Seattle) has a 20 acre minimum if you want to build a house outside of town, etc.
And the newbies figure everything is community property ! A couple literally drove right into my back yard last week to help themselves to some rocks and gravel ! Nobody owns that right? Yeah nobody owns it, then why am I paying $10K/year in property taxes!
But on OP subject: After 50 years of just 'hobby' logging on own 35 acres, over 150 stitches and a couple weeks in hospital once 42 years ago 'learning' about NEVER going into the woods without FOPS on your dozer. Turn that type logging into a Louie L'Amour type gunfight sequence, man vs falling object. FOPS = a big iron cage on dozer, Falling Object Protections.
