What are some of the most pressing environmental issues related to lumbering, fishing, and farming in the Pacific Northwest at the present time?

What will be an ideal response?


Both lumbering and fishing are threatened by overharvesting. Salmon in particular require streams to spawn in and many rivers are now dammed, cutting off salmon from their spawning streams. Farmers are threatened by population growth and urban sprawl.

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