The Timber Industry has always threatened to convert their lands out of forest land if they were not allowed to have their way with practices like clearcut and burn.
SPI is big on clearcut and burn and they do it regularly with State CDF approval. This land being taken out of TPZ zoing may already have been peeled.
Don't be fooled. TPZ zoning can just be a form of "land bank" until the timber land owner decides to convert it to subdivisions.
This is a fake threat as this SPI rezoning move makes clear. Timber land owners always have the option to move out of TPZ zoning. Logging is just another form of land use, it is not some protection against subdivision and development.
TPZ rezoning by SPI
The Timber Industry has always threatened to convert their lands out of forest land if they were not allowed to have their way with practices like clearcut and burn.
SPI is big on clearcut and burn and they do it regularly with State CDF approval. This land being taken out of TPZ zoing may already have been peeled.
Don't be fooled. TPZ zoning can just be a form of "land bank" until the timber land owner decides to convert it to subdivisions.
This is a fake threat as this SPI rezoning move makes clear. Timber land owners always have the option to move out of TPZ zoning. Logging is just another form of land use, it is not some protection against subdivision and development.
Kevin Collins