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An area that was logged in recent years is seen in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S.D. Timber company representatives say wildfires and beetles could get worse if logging is reduced after government scientists said harvest rates in the Black Hills were unsustainable. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

An area that was logged in recent years is seen in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S.D. Timber company representatives say wildfires and beetles could get worse if logging is reduced after government scientists said harvest rates in the Black Hills were unsustainable. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

September 21, 2021

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Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks
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Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks

Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service employees lamented logging policies they helped craft to deal with two harbingers of climate change -- pine beetles and wildfires.