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Last stand for Europe's remaining ancient forest as loggers prepare to move in
theguardian.com ^
| 18 May 2016
| Arthur Neslen
Posted on 05/31/2016 8:51:08 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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05/31/2016 8:53:13 AM PDT
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Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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05/31/2016 8:53:45 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Berlin_Freeper
The Psychedelic Fungi Association is upset.
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05/31/2016 8:55:23 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Białowieża Forest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Named oaks
My daughter communing ("I am your greatest fan") last week with her favorite neighborhood tree, she calls: Lady Tree.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Sounds like a necessary evil to me.
Just so long as they plant new trees behind them.
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05/31/2016 9:01:25 AM PDT
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Little Ray
(NOTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR IS A RIGHT.)
To: Little Ray
It will save the forest from a devastating fire down the road.
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05/31/2016 9:02:34 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Paladin2
Yep. There are now more forests in the US than any time since the revolution.
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05/31/2016 9:03:55 AM PDT
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Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is always just one more murder away from utopia.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Trees are nothing but a slow growing crop.
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05/31/2016 9:07:37 AM PDT
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cyclotic
(Guns don't kill people. Abortion clinics kill people)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Polands new far right governmentOf course they just had to get that "far right" jab in there.
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05/31/2016 9:09:09 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Berlin_Freeper
Beneath its green canopy, sunlight filters down on to a panorama of skyscraper trees soaring as much as 180 feet into the air, ... The way that's written it sounds like the 180 foot trees are the understory. Maybe the author's a little too emotional to think straight.
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05/31/2016 9:15:47 AM PDT
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piasa
To: dfwgator
The fire in Yellowstone proved that those natural events are actually good for the forest in the long run.
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05/31/2016 9:18:13 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: dfwgator
And save other trees from the borer beetle.
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05/31/2016 9:23:00 AM PDT
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Little Ray
(NOTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR IS A RIGHT.)
To: Little Ray
Reminds me of the Cold War when all of the propaganda films accused the CIA of dumping Potato Beetles to kill the crops in the Satellite countries.
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05/31/2016 9:24:24 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Berlin_Freeper
Can they selectively cut diseased and damaged trees? There has to be an alternative to “clean cut,”
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05/31/2016 9:30:42 AM PDT
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immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
To: Berlin_Freeper
"Untouched by humans since the last ice age"
From Wikipedia: Before 1426 a wooden hunting manor for king Władysław Jagiełło was built in the middle of the Białowieża Forest on the Lutownia stream. It was most probably one of the first permanent settlements in the area, although the forest was already penetrated by hunters from the nearby areas and by the king himself... Hunter's manor - the oldest surviving building in Białowieża From 1538 the forest was protected by the laws of king Sigismund I the Old. However, until the times of John Casimir the forest was mostly unpopulated. Sporadic settlements were established in various places, but the manor in Białowieża was the only one to be permanent. In the late 17th century, several small villages were started for development of local iron ore deposits and tar production.../snip
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05/31/2016 9:37:26 AM PDT
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piasa
To: Berlin_Freeper
The Ents will wake up and realize that they are strong.
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05/31/2016 9:43:40 AM PDT
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agere_contra
(Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Turning trees into lumber keeps the C locked up and apparently younger trees suck up more CO2/acre. Cut down ~0.5%/yr and then taper off after 50 years.
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05/31/2016 9:52:37 AM PDT
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Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
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05/31/2016 9:53:32 AM PDT
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Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
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