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In article <5r8h65$lvp$1@news.rain.net> gregr@black.kilchis.com 
(Greg Rose) writes:
>Of course, private timber companies have no reason to
>worry about recreational or multiple-use needs, but as good corporate
>neighbors they should take into account the long-term needs of the
>communities surrounding them and try to manage their forests for
>a sustainable job base.

One of my neighbors is Starker Forest Products.  You'd like them.
They have a young stand at one end of my property, and a more or less
mature stand at the other end.  They send crews in to thin the
forests all summer, at the rate of a truckload every day or two (on
god knows how many thousands of acres).  They have a policy of
encouraging the locals to use their land for recreation -- hiking,
biking, horseback riding -- and they open all their normally locked
gates for hunting season.

They put up some signs along the road in the more mature stand and
advertised it as a self-guided nature trail.

It's because of my neighbors that I can't work up any great indignation
about the abuses of the private timber industry.  I've never seen
any!

	-- Robert
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