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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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ppine
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Sep 07, 2019
time2roll wrote:
Only way to get it right is to just stop managing and accept what nature brings.
JMHO


Take a good look at Yosemite. It has been protected for 150 years. The forests in the Park are in the worst shape of any place in the western US. Mile after mile of standing dead. Fire suppression and the exclusion of logging has created a tangled mess and many recent large scale fires.

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