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profdant139
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2019

Seeking expert opinion: thinning vs prescribed burns

Almost all of us on this forum are avid users of the national forests. Some of us favor extensive logging. Some of us don't want the forest altered in any way. I understand both of those positions....
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Lwiddis
Nomad III
Sep 04, 2019
IMO both controlled burns and thinning have a place in proper forest management. What doesn’t have a valid place is doing nothing except preventing fire.

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