What are our county leaders doing for us.

[florida girl]

I was thinking she might have worked for St. Joe when they actually farmed trees. Just seems pointless to spend all the money on having someone cut down trees and then try to sell the wood when it can be gotten much cheaper from tons of other suppliers.

No, I didn't work for St. Joe, and no, I didn't spend a dime, they paid me.

 

[florida girl]

The point is SoWal has a reputation for being unreasonably contentious, and making a lot of trouble about nonsense! Need to loosen up!

 

[Matt J]

I must have missed all those protests when JOE came in and harvested trees. You know back when they were a paper company.

 

[florida girl]

I must have missed all those protests when JOE came in and harvested trees. You know back when they were a paper company.

Actually, before St. Joe began building houses, there weren't many people here to protest.

 

[scooterbug44]

Please provide some evidence (even anecdotal) of Sowal folk protesting the cutting down of trees on tree farms/timber acreage for profit.

That is all.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Small tract landowners throughout this county make money selling trees off of their land to the pulp wood industry if done at a time when prices are up. I have never sold off any of mine, but they are currently cutting off the tract behind me. Most sale and replant for the next crop 20 years from now. It always seemed to me that by the time you put the money back into cleaning up the huge mess and then replanting, that there is not a lot of profit.

We have to do stuff like that to pay our higher taxes, since the owners of this mini motels seemed to be ducking out.

In the recent years, trying to get anyone to harvest trees for pulp is more difficult than pulling teeth, b/c there is no money in it for them, even if you give them the trees.

 

[wrobert]

In the recent years, trying to get anyone to harvest trees for pulp is more difficult than pulling teeth, b/c there is no money in it for them, even if you give them the trees.

I hate that they are giving all of those away behind my house. It does drive the wildlife toward me though so hunting could be a bit easier.

 

[Smiling JOe]

If they are giving them away, I bet they aren't paying to clean it up and replant, are they?

 

[surfrider]

Get in the game!

This was an interesting thread to read.

If you want to see change in Walton County, you have to get involved and work for it. A rewarding way to do that is to get involved in county politics. Why not join the South Walton Republican Club? The club is meeting this Wednesday night at the Topsail Racquet Club. It will be a town hall meeting and both our new county commissioner and our new Sheriff will be there. Come join us! You can get all the details at WCREC.

 

[florida girl]

Please provide some evidence (even anecdotal) of Sowal folk protesting the cutting down of trees on tree farms/timber acreage for profit.

That is all.

I believe this thread is a good example! http://www.sowal.com/bb/local-government/11498-more-illegal-activity-filling-wetlands.html