Clear Cut Forest - Olympic Peninsula, WA

[Optokenai]

The Old Growth should be preserved. However, the remaining should be managed as a large crop!!

[phrogbubba]

I used to feel as you all do. But then I realized land that is not either in the national park or in timber production is eventually developed. I'm all for adding more national park land, but short of that, I'd much rather see land perpetually "farmed" for timber than paved over. That's the choice. Believe me, this area's wildlife doesn't suffer for it. I live here (Port Angeles) and love this place!

[Linkster2o]

Go back there in 2 years and see all the little sapplings sprout up!

[brotherjupiter]

We have the same embarrassing problem here across the straight on Vancouver Island.

The old growth logging is the most painful to see knowing how silent and sterile the tree farm plantations that replace it will be.

The remaining high elevation old growth is of such poor quality it seems absolutely mindless to destroy these 1000 year old forests just to keep people working.

[brotherjupiter]

10 acres? I wish are were that small.

I'm sure you can see across Juan de Fuca on Vancouver Island we are faced with the same short sighted greed and destruction by these highly automated small groups of loggers.

The fact they have no power to question and interrogate their employers over these embarrassing forest practices sadly shows were all up for grabs unless we band together on this global epidemic of short term gain for a very few.

[uniballvision]

This is sad, STOP CLEARCUTTING!

[LaurelSprings]

thanks for sharing.