🚀 go-pugleaf

With all the dialogue about deforestation, and "..what is a  tree
worth.." etc.. I thought I'd add yet another layer of information
from a different perspective. This, in  the  form  of  a  book  I
recently  learned about. Paraphrasing from an article contributed
by Jim Eaton in the Wilderness Record (monthly publication of the
CA  Wilderness  Coalition)  :  "If logging looks bad, it is bad".
Jim reviews a book by author Gordon Robinson, titled : The Forest
and  the  Trees: A Guide to Excellent Forestry, Island Press, 250
pages.  "Good forestry is not a lucrative business. It never  was
and  never  will  be,  because it takes longer than a lifetime to
grow high-quality timber, longer  than  ANYONE  can  wait  for  a
return  on  investment."  The  book's  three parts , 1)history of
forestry in the U.S., 2) silvicultural  systems,  and  3)  forest
planning/management  are  combined with an annotated bibliography
with 384 quotations, summaries, and paraphrases from the author's
lifetime  of  forestry  knowledge.  Activist will find this later
part  indispensable  for   defending   good   timber   management
techniques.  I  expect to see many of these references showing up
in comments and appeals on timber sales and forest  plans.   This
book is a must for citizen activists. It was written to be a tool
for those who want to change the  way  the  U.S.  Forest  Service
manages  our lands.  "If the agency is allowed to continue on its
present course,  the  nation's  old-growth  forests  will  vanish
forever, perhaps as soon as the end of this century."

--Mark
  You don't know the value of something until its gone and
  must be replaced.