Doug,
You are muddying the waters: I never claimed that the PGC had anything to do with the disappearance of pheasants;I only noted that they did nothing to remedy the situation until 25-30 years later and countless small game hunters (and their license dollars) were lost to other pursuits. I hope the current PF wild stocking experiment works out; I have no reason to believe that it won't.
I also noted that the PGC grouse report concluded that the project could be self-funding, plain and simple. Your's is definitely a minority opinion if you think that Pennsylvania has a lot of grouse on gamelands.
Finally, if what you heard from the forester is true, and timbering is a profitable enterprise, then he has indicted his bosses for not hiring (or sub-contracting for) more foresters and producing the revenues that would not only cover their salaries, but revenues that could be used for other endeavors (like stocking more birds or hiring more WCO's).
There is no justification for not cutting timber that should be cut and foregoing those dollars.