[r9etb]

"A lot of these projects are nothing more than commercial timber sales, veiled in the language of fire protection," said Bird, who is based in Santa Fe, N.M.

The boy has apparently never set foot in some of the Northwest forests -- some of which have been heavily logged for decades, and are still healthy.

If he wants a good place to check it out, he should go to the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, specifically the Black Butte area, and take a gander at how well the old-time forest management practices worked to protect the forests. (I tend to agree with the enviros that the more recent tendency to clear-cut is bad for the forests. But as the history of the Deschutes forest shows, one can profitably log without clear-cutting.

[B-bone]

Where have your guys been? Haven't you heard?

Thinning only works in South Dakota!

[crz]

Tell me..how does one select or single tree harvest in such hilly areas? Have you ever cut on a mountianside? If so, who did you fall timber for? Did you fall the trees upwards on the hill or down, or did you fall them sideways?
Clearfell or clearcuts are one of the most IMPORTANT TIMBER MANAGEMENT TOOLS available to the foresters. It is a tool that is used to spot out unhealthy stands to be replanted with better yeilding and healthier timber types. Does Aspen require clearfell as do other shade intolerant trees? Since when do we have umpteen thousand experts on timber and forest health when not one of these geeks has ever held a saw in their hands or hooked a chokker or ran a log loader.

[farmfriend]

You have to remember, their agenda is not conservation, it is socialism.