Question

Which of the following economic activities primarily takes place in the United States’ Northwest coastal region?

A.
mining
B.
forestry
C.
farming
D.
manufacturing

Answer 1

the answer is forestry

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Forestry.

Step-by-step explanation

In the northwest of the United States, there is around eighty percent of the forests of the U.S. are managed by the National Forestry Service, which is in charge of controlling these territories by maintaining trails, protecting and managing the fauna and flora of the forests. Another of its functions is to designate territories for the extraction of wood through forestry because this is the main economical activity in the area, for this same reason, this agency has been involved in great controversy over the use and management given to the forest areas given that the quantities of felled trees are increasing. So, the correct answer is B. Forestry.