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re: So I was greeted by an unpleasant surprise this morning
Posted on 11/17/12 at 6:42 pm to ItTakesAThief
Posted on 11/17/12 at 6:42 pm to ItTakesAThief
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I would not say that is devastating timber, at least not in the Southeast
I call BS. I watched what they did to the people next to me. 15 years later and they have little to nothing growing. I get my place cut every 20-25 years that is select cut only and I go in with them to make sure they are not raping my place.
Posted on 11/18/12 at 9:14 pm to fishfighter
quote:Forestry is pretty much an art, well hardwood forestry is at least. Pine trees have charts and graphs showing where/when/what to cut. 15 years ago some people couldn't readily access that stuff.
I call BS. I watched what they did to the people next to me. 15 years later and they have little to nothing growing. I get my place cut every 20-25 years that is select cut only and I go in with them to make sure they are not raping my place.
While I have seen some stupid foresters, most of them work on referrals so they try and do the best job possible. That wouldn't cut it today, and I can say with 100% certainty that it would be a logger that did it if it turned out like that. A lot of people don't think about it, but loggers act like foresters sometimes with no idea what they are doing.
Pine trees are treated as a crop species generally, but always with the intention to maximize profit over the long run. Hardwoods are very tough to predict. I have seen Two foresters with combined 80 yrs experience argue about what is best for a piece of property. Most of the time, hardwood forestry for growth and hardwood forestry for wildlife food are one in the same
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