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Court reinstates road ban in national forests
luvtohnt:
http://www.clemson.edu/extfor/timber_production/fortp19.htm
http://orforests.com/assets/flow/forests/habitat_cycle.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr494.pdf
Some info on clear cutting, and how it relates to wildlife habitat. If done properly it is a great tool. The problem in today's modern world is everyone is out to maximize profits. With that said the recent clear cutting I have seen is done so horribly that they actually degrade the habitat. :twocents:
Brandon
Houndhunter:
clear cuts = more feed, if you acutually hunt you would know that. its common sense, i dont need some science and info to tell me that. i wish they would still burn the cuts like they used to after they logged, but thats bad for the enviroment :chuckle:
Buckhunter24:
--- Quote from: robescc on November 22, 2009, 10:24:51 AM ---I was wrong about the forest service and national forest. I am an idiot.
I don't think I am wrong on the clearcuts to help population. The Forest service is also fixing roads. I can name a dozen that was fixed this summer alone.
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Im pretty sure that early succession plant/tree species provide much more browse for deer/elk. Limiting the amount of food limits the population bottom line. Since we suppress fire so heavily we need logging for healthy forests. Forest service land is almost all late succession stands of timber that dont provide browse because of fire suppression/lack of logging. The problem is the USFS is too big and too set in their ways to listen to reason.
Anyone know if there is any plan to fix the FS road off the end of Pleasant Valley? I think its FS 41...
Buckhunter24:
--- Quote from: Houndhunter on November 23, 2009, 03:35:53 PM ---clear cuts = more feed, if you acutually hunt you would know that. its common sense, i dont need some science and info to tell me that. i wish they would still burn the cuts like they used to after they logged, but thats bad for the enviroment :chuckle:
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Haha yah I spent the last 2 springs and falls broadcast burning over in Idaho. The elk love to come in after it cools and roll around and lick the ash... not sure why. But apparently WA decided that its bad for the environment :dunno:
whacker1:
my understanding is that the elk lick the ash and soot for salt.
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