I used to work at DNR in Timber Sales and in the Policy Office, but not under Commissioner Franz. I know that the agency has ways of getting around RCWs and environmental policies if the agency has a desire to log a forest. The agency's mission is to sell logs to raise money for the state. The logs equal money to the agency, not "legacy" or "environment." When a logger sees a tree, he/she immediately starts to calculate board feet. Then they come in for coffee or a beer and talk about how much they love working in the woods. They used to laugh at tree huggers such as myself. The lack of response to public protest against their logging of such beautiful, second growth forests is common practice and doesn't surprise me.
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