I’d like to respond to Stacie Carroll’s guest commentary on forestry in the Nov. 17 Business section. Every forestry “crisis” that’s happened over my 43 years in this field has resulted in industry suggesting that what was needed is to educate the public in forestry. That this response is once again being put forward either shows how dense the public is or the poor job industry has done in “educating” us. First, the forest doesn’t “need” our help in providing its “successional development towards healthy, carbon-sequestering, wealth-producing ecosystems.” It’s the other way around. Left alone, the forest would return to a self-supporting entity of immense wealth on many fronts. …I’m going to scream if I once again hear the phrase, “There are more forests in this province now than there were 100 years ago.” Of course there are.