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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:16:50 -0400, BAR wrote:

Before man, the natural fires cleaned out the dead stuff. Plus we had more
mixed forest. Now after logging, it is single type tree being planted.

Trees are a crop!!!

Certainly true on a tree farm but we also need forests. I spend a lot
of time in our national forests (hiking) and even the ones that allow
logging, still manage the forest fairly well.
You really don't see a lot of it if you are not in the Rockies and
points west, all the way to the coast.
They have national forests in the east but they are just "woods"
compared to western forests.

But in the National forests the clear cut is planted as required. But they
use only one type tree. My former business partner's son and wife are
forest managers for the national forests. He hydrologist and wife time
sales manager. Big problem is with the tree hugger crowd. The want all
logging stopped. But then a fire, and the breaks and roads the Cat cuts
are really bad for erosion. Where managed forests cuts and roads are
designed for erosion control.