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Article #1262Re: Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging
From: SMITH29
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:02
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:02
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Jon wrote: > "SMITH29" <smith29@comcast.net> wrote >>> On Jan 27, 1:51 am, jazzerci...@hotmail.com (-) wrote: >>>> Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging >> We eventually lose unmanaged forest land to uncontrollable fires. > > Fire can be a non-artificial part of the ecosystem. Artificial fire > suppression can lead to significant build up of fuel load which > may make eventual fires less natural in their effect. > >> Reforestation plants trees in those strips and in 20-30 years the >> old growth strip is harvested. > > "Old growth" is generally considered longer than 20-30 years. xxxx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_growth_forest Correct, The old growth I refer to is the old growth next to the strip that was farmed 20-30 years ago. We have a few big trees around here http://www.arthurleej.com/a-peninsulatrees.html 29 > >> We should properly manage ALL our forest lands to preserve >> this finite resource. > > One of the most threatened and most finite resources we have > may be roadless areas. By actively managing a forest resource, > for instance, to protect it from wildfire, we change the essential > character. We haven't preserved it. Forests managed for > production may not resemble forests not so managed. > > It's a losing battle, anyway. The die is cast. Development has > and will win over natural preservation. We can at best delay > and shape the "progress". > > Read _Last Chance to See_ [ISBN-13: 978-0345371980] > From 1992, but still entertaining and applicable to this topic. > > Jon > >
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