Asking a forester if it's okay to cut is like asking a surgeon if it's okay
to cut...
Think hard now.... let's see what does their training focus on? And how do
they get their salary paid? Daaaa let me think.... I wonder what the
forester and the surgeon will say?
:) Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry & Margarita <bmn@IGLOU.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2000 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: environ"mental"ism !

>Mike Miller wrote:
>> But as for clear cutting.  I was told by a Forestry guy [from Humbolt
State,
>> a state college in California that's big on forestry stuff] that some
trees
>> almost have to be clear cut.
>
>The fact that your informant was a forester is quite telling.  Without
>getting bogged down in reams of detail, the discussions thus far here
>have been extremely general.  Natural systems are not.  When I see
>statements like the one above I cringe.  They only "almost *have* to be
>clearcut" if you're talking solely from an extractive point of view, and
>then only if you wish to get in and out as quickly and cheaply as
>possible.
>
>> The example given was Redwoods, a very touchy
>> subject in California.  Apparently these trees make their own environment
so
>> if you selective cut, there aren't enough left to keep the climate they
need
>> and they slowly die out.
>
>The industry views cutting redwoods as renewable.  Funny.  How long did
>it take the redwoods to get to their desirable state?  Sure...I guess
>they are renewable...just not for several lifetimes.  Will there be
>enough soil left for them to grow on by that time?  What becomes of the
>rest of the system?  What do they cut (whine about?) when they finally
>cut the last of them?  Truthfully, accept no generalized answers for
>situations that are, in reality, far more complex than folks with vested
>interests would have one believe...on ANY side.
>--
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>