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This is a guest editorial written by Joel McEntire, a Wahkiakum County resident and Washington State House Representative for the 19th legislative district. The Washington Forest Practices Board’s recent approval of the rule requiring buffers along streams is another devastating hit to Washington’s rural timber-reliant counties and one they cannot afford. It is an insult to our communities, their schools, libraries, hospitals, and to anyone whose livelihood is connected to sustainable forest management. The rule, passed on Nov. 12 by a 7-5 vot...