Sometime we win...National Forests and Wildlife Refuge
Courts ruled against opening up National Forest in Colorado and Alaska.
Forum Discussion
Yosemite,
Learn something about forestry. We have serious problems with megafires due to neglect, specifically fire suppression and lack of logging. The forest in worse shape of any in the Lower 48 would have to be Yosemite NP which has been in protection for 150 years.
Old growth forests are in decline. They have mortality rates much higher than their growth rates. They release carbon into the atmospere through decomposition. We value them because of their scientific and aesthetic value.
Harvesting dead material by local people is the wrong answer. Forests are managed by logging. Coastal forests are managed by clearcutting and most other forests are managed by selective harvests.
Learn something about forestry. We have serious problems with megafires due to neglect, specifically fire suppression and lack of logging. The forest in worse shape of any in the Lower 48 would have to be Yosemite NP which has been in protection for 150 years.
Old growth forests are in decline. They have mortality rates much higher than their growth rates. They release carbon into the atmospere through decomposition. We value them because of their scientific and aesthetic value.
Harvesting dead material by local people is the wrong answer. Forests are managed by logging. Coastal forests are managed by clearcutting and most other forests are managed by selective harvests.
