Regarding your comments on clear cutting..... Ponderosa pine forests are not clearcut. it is done selectively and is called forst management. In the Northwest, Oregon and Washington, they do clearcut Douglas Fir because it requires open sunlight to regrow. There, forest management means replanting the clearcut areas and in 40 years, the …
Regarding your comments on clear cutting..... Ponderosa pine forests are not clearcut. it is done selectively and is called forst management. In the Northwest, Oregon and Washington, they do clearcut Douglas Fir because it requires open sunlight to regrow. There, forest management means replanting the clearcut areas and in 40 years, the trees are ready to cut again. My Dad was in the US Forest Service for 35 years. 17 summers in Big Creek as the District Ranger of the Pinridge District, Sierra National Forest. He woud be heart-broken to see this happening.
Regarding your comments on clear cutting..... Ponderosa pine forests are not clearcut. it is done selectively and is called forst management. In the Northwest, Oregon and Washington, they do clearcut Douglas Fir because it requires open sunlight to regrow. There, forest management means replanting the clearcut areas and in 40 years, the trees are ready to cut again. My Dad was in the US Forest Service for 35 years. 17 summers in Big Creek as the District Ranger of the Pinridge District, Sierra National Forest. He woud be heart-broken to see this happening.