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Danny L. Bishop, 69, of Walterboro, South Carolina, died January 16, 2026 after a long battle with cancer at his home. He was the husband of Gayle Carroll Bishop and a prominent figure in the Lowcountry timber industry, continuing Bishop Logging and founding R and D Timber Company in 1998. Funeral arrangements at Grace Church in Walterboro are incomplete and will be announced by Brice Herndon's Walterboro Chapel.
Two timber mills in western Montana recently announced closures, citing reasons such as labor shortages, lack of housing, rising costs, and outdated technology. The closures are primarily attributed to the cost of living in Montana, a deficient labor pool, and newer, more efficient technology, dispelling the industry's past accusations of environmentalists and lack of logs. Despite the paradox of needing to log forests for their health, forests play a crucial role in sequestering carbon emissions, and policy on national forests should be based on truth and science rather than demonizing opposition to logging old growth forests.