[grey_whiskers]

My God, but you're pig-fornicatingly stupid.

The large timber companies discovered decades ago that they can make more money, by selectively maintaining the forests, than by clear cutting.

The maintenance is done by

a) culling dead trees to prevent accumulation of tinder (compare the wildfires in California or Yellowstone where govt. policy forbids this, because "teh environment, don't ever touch it"

b) culling some of the older trees and planting younger ones so that the forest has a mix of ages, making it more resilient

c) cutting *paths* through the forest and then renting out permits for mountain biking, cross country skiing, snowmobiling on the land.

Have you been kitten-huffing CNN broadcasts again?

[mylife]

LOL

[rodguy911]

My God, but you're pig-fornicatingly stupid.

OMG that was just too good!! Permission to use that some time somewhere?