[SF Republican]

Those giant coastal redwoods ARE spectacular, they only take 500 years to get that way, cut 'em down.

[sionnsar]

Those giant coastal redwoods ARE spectacular, they only take 500 years to get that way, cut 'em down.

Before they slide down the hillsides in wet winters. In late '81 I found my usual commute route blocked by a grove of redwoods that had slid down off a hill and were blocking the road. All upright still -- the strangest sight.

[EggsAckley]

We're not talking about 500 year old trees. We're talking about much younger trees from previously forested land. These trees grow back much more densely and for the health of the forest, a certain percentage of them NEED to be thinned out every ten years or so.

As a matter of fact, the California Division of Forestry has required regular thinning. It's the Bozo tree-hugging faction of Santa Cruz that prevents it.