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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (103784)5/11/2005 8:21:14 PM
From: Oral Roberts  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I'm a predator as are you. I accept that, you don't. When I kill an animal I'm thankful for the food and continuance of nature and I'm very grateful that I'm a very good shot and the animal died quickly. I don't try to create human thoughts in the animals head. This subject should probably just be left alone and we can agree to disagree:)

Many can give you a better response on these forestry questions but I think clear cut is used instead of select cut because the forest has been neglected and hasn't been select cut. Many of our western national forests come to mind. You end up with a forest of skinny trees with shallow root systems that are all mature and need to be cut. If you cut half and leave half to grow they will blow down in the next wind storm because the other trees aren't there to hold them up. We have a lot of pine plantations in WI and you plant them very close together. If you don't harvest you end up with trees that are 50' tall and 8" around with no root system. A managed forest is much more productive then one that is not both for logs and wildlife from my way of seeing.

As to clear cutting being linked to global warming I have to say BS. Now if your clearing a forest to put a parking lot and housing development, OK. But if your clearing for regeneration then bull. While that area may be warmer for a year or so that will leave quickly and if you believe greenhouse gases are to blame then the new forest removes much more CO2 then the mature forest.
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