Logging, HAS had a serious impact on these animals, but, the major problem IS predation by a hugely increased wolf population.
I'm not sure where exactly you learned this but it simply is not true. Logging increases habitat with food.
A few years ago I was helicopter logging in Idaho and some of the local hunters were upset claiming my chainsaw was scaring the elk out of the country.
I invited two hunters to follow me into the logging unit I was cutting.
I positioned them just above me on a game trail and told them to be ready because when the elk hear my chainsaw fire up they'll come running to eat the fixings off of the felled trees.
Within 5 minutes the two hunters were standing over a dead 6X6 elk.
Good hunters also know the best place to find elk are the areas that have been logged the year before. This is because logging is condusive to creating a more prosperous food environment.
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