Today’s good news- Washington: 77,000 acres of forest to be taken off logging rotation.

The forest service here in Oregon has fricking planted too many trees for too many years.

Kids get paid to plant trees by how many trees they plant in a day and boy are they working.

Sounds crazy but tree density matters when it comes to raging fires.

We honestly have too many trees.

The amount of trees we have now in North America surpasses the amount of trees we have ever recorded in N America.

Think about that.

Washington is fricking up, fall those trees; log those trees.

Is this where Fender and other manufacturers source their tonewood?

Good. Nature is good. We don’t need more shitty tract homes and strip malls.

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The amount of trees we have now in North America surpasses the amount of trees we have ever recorded in N America.

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One thing that the majority of people don't know is the loss of trees is not the ecology that was most devastated by settling America, and as you mentioned, we're in no danger of losing trees, although bottomland hardwood tracts are becoming more and more rare and monoculture stands of timber are not ideal.

That said, it is the upland grasslands, prairies and savanna habitats that we've decimated, and they're far more important to a much larger swath of CONUS ecology than dense old growth forests. Outside of river bottom wetland areas, the Pacific NW rainforest and mountain regions, the majority of this country was open savanna, prairie and native grassland, and most of the species of this country are heavily adapted to, and oftentimes completely dependent on those types of habitat. It's like the old saying goes: pretty open woods and mowed fields are only pretty to humans.

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We honestly have too many trees.

The amount of trees we have now in North America surpasses the amount of trees we have ever recorded in N America.

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Because we cut down natural forest and replant it with pine because pine is more profitable for timber. Grows fast and you can plant a high density of trees.

Natural old growth forest would have a lot more hardwoods with a tall, wide canopy. That canopy blocks sunlight from reaching the forest floor so you don't have as much undergrowth. Washington might be onto something for once.

So when those 77,000 acres burn because of puss poor forestry management what happens?

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Is this where Fender and other manufacturers source their tonewood?

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maybe? But what I do know is they use punky swole-butt green ash from the Tensas Parish swamps to make electric guitar bodies.

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This country is overpopulated

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This is completely false. Sure, certain areas are densely populated, but the vast majority of the country is not.

The United States has a population density of just 36 people per square kilometer, which is considered “moderately” dense.

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Comparison with other developed countries (approx. people per km²):
• Japan: ~330
• South Korea: ~530
• United Kingdom: ~280
• Germany: ~240
• France: ~120
• Italy: ~200
• Netherlands: ~520
• Belgium: ~380
• Canada: ~4 (but highly concentrated in a few southern cities)
• Australia: ~3 (also highly concentrated in coastal cities)
• United States: ~36

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So when those 77,000 acres burn because of puss poor forestry management what happens?

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What specifics can you tell us about their forest management plan?