Again, Admin Opening Tongass National Forest...
To loggers, oil companies, miners... Tell me fellow RVers that you are not ok with this.
Forum Discussion
Tom/Barb wrote:2oldman wrote:avoidcrowds wrote:I've heard a different explanation for that.
I live in Colorado, where much of our forest is dead due to pine beetle infestation, which is due to suppressing fires for too long.
Yeah, man brought the beetle here, and now won't take care of the problem. Then they whine when it burns and call it Mother Nature taking care of the problem, we created.
When in reality the dead trees should be harvested and used, and the forest slash cleaned up.
Good forest management practices. OH but hell no the greenies won't allow that.
I can’t remember exactly where I read this, but it was on an interpretive sign in a park in CO. Possibly RMNP, or Mesa Verde. Anyway, it was explaining why all the trees are dead, and why so many had to be cut down in the campground. Long multi-paragraph sign. The very last sentence of the very last paragraph was something to the effect of “This has happened dozens of times over the last XX-thousand years”. So, pine beetles aren’t new, or even a crisis. It happens, the forest recovers, it will happen again.
I agree that the dead trees could and should be harvested. There are things that could still be made from the lumber. Ever hear of “Beetle-Kill Pine” flooring? Look it up, it’s beautiful, and expensive.
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