Re: Debates, not totally O.T.

Posted by Alberta Logger on October 11, 2004 at 20:26:59 from (66.222.179.153):

In Reply to: Debates, not totally O.T. posted by JHesler on October 11, 2004 at 07:50:05:

Being a forester I know that removing mature and over mature trees reduce the fire hazard. These older trees die and fall down creating downed woody debris which is great fuel for a fire. If they log all of or portions of these stands they are creating fire breaks in the forest. Yes a fire will travel through a clearcut but it will be on the ground where it can be more easily fought whereas if it were in a mature stand it could be 100' in the air and much more difficult to fight. In a world undisturbed by man the forest may burn qiute frequently but years of fighting fires and forest pests have created an un-natural amount of older trees a that are more susceptible to fires and this results in larger fires of greater intensity. So I say log away but end the tariff on Canadian Lumber

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