Clear cutting does a pretty poor job of "mimicking fire"...I have yet to
see fires that put in roads, drag logs through streams, kill every tree
every time, replant with only one type of vegetation, use herbicides...I
could go on, but I think you'll get the idea.

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> From: Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: environ"mental"ism !
> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:58 PM
>
> Bill Johnson wrote:
>
> Strip mining and clear
> > cutting are on my no no list.  Anyone here support those things?
> >
> As far as clear cutting goes, I guess if it's done where it is commonly
> visible, it's not pretty. But it does tend to mimic that great natural
> event, fire. Fire opens large swaths of forest, which tends to create
> better wildlife habitat and generally improve the health of the stand,
> especially where fire has been suppressed for many decades. When you
> factor in the lower cost of clear-cut lumber, then again, I'd have to
> admit to at least a partial support.