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profdant139
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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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Tom_Barb
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Sep 05, 2019
steelhunter wrote:
Where'd you hear that....the Sierra Club?

nope, Washington history, you should try to inform your self.

The forest managers call any tree over 50 years "old Growth" when we purest know that the proper term is "virgin growth", trees that were adult growth when Columbus came here.

Just for Steel hunter, I do have a BA in forestry. and have actually worked in the logging industry.

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