Cut MORE Trees To Save The Planet?

Now talking about heritage...you don't touch RED WOOD....DO NOT HARM A RED WOOD TREE!

In your region your forest management personnel are doing what 'they' think will be profitable. In this region we manage forest, by trained technicians. We know the difference between broad leaf and conifers. Regrettably we plant more conifers than broad leafs. When you take the life span of broad leafs versus conifers, profit lays in conifers. What we need, is a market for broad leaf trees to be planted on a long term investment portfolio. In turn, cut every conifer within reasoning. If

Jenn, Forgot to specify, the areas where they are planting the spruce in most cases were actually stands of Trembling Aspen before being logged and reforested. Some deal cooked up between government burocrats and the forestry giants of our region. They would probably be better off just to leave it alone after logging as T.A. tends to grow back something like weeds, but then again they don't get to brag about all the trees they're planting that way, even if they are the wrong ones!

Hi Jean,

I agree certain areas should be left alone as world heritage sites, I also think that some of it should be utilzed too! Also I believe in certain regions they actually run livestock through the forests to clear the underbrush, I understand this does some nice work of it too, the animals get to graze and the underbrush gets cleared. Personally, I jump all over the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone if you'll parden the expression, I think it's an awesome way to manage.

Whilst I can see the point in using wood, and planting more trees to replace them, I believe that some old growth forest in world heritage areas should not be logged.

Certainly forestry departments should go in and clear the undergrowth from time to time, to prevent bushfires, but some ancient forests should be preserved.

Here in Australia there is usually a huge discussion regarding burning off before the bushfire season - it should be done, but sometimes our govts.
ban it. This usually res

As far as I know they are planting mostly White Spruce, it's been a few years now since I planted myself but back in those days it was nearly all white spruce and a little bit of jack pine, both softwoods or conifers with the exception of one time when we test planted somewhere around 40,000 hrybrid poplars'. Other than that, the only other broadleafs I know of being planted here is the odd farmer playing with agroforestry, and again planting hybrid poplar.

What is being planted for reforestation in your area?
Yes that is true on what you said above, but it is according to what is being planted.

Interesting little tid bit! I do seem to recall some reports though that planting in certain areas is actually does more harm than good. Like the area I live in is prime planting area as it is a mix of farm and forest land, the farm land actually was forest before being cleared and settled in the early 1900's. Whereas wide open praireland may not be such a good place to try and a bunch of trees, something to do with the soil. Don't know if there is any truth this, may have go back and find t

Broad leaf trees contribute to level of oxygen in the atmosphere.
Conifers such as pine and cedar do not.
So, naturally if we balance and equal the amount of broad leafs to the amount of conifers the atmosphere would be more sound.

Hi Jenn,

Absolutely agree with you, the question now is what is proper?
How can we really determine what is ecologically sound?

My fiance is a timber manager here in Georgia. Timber has to be managed! As long as it is managed properly!!

Thoughtful... tops again! D

I'm in a bit of a hurry right now but I do have a couple quick comments. I think wood may be one of our most important resources. We need to be careful how we manage it like all things. The problem with old growth is once it is left too long, it poses a serious risk factor for forest fires. If you take a look at how forestry is managed in a country like Finland for instance, it is a totally different approach compared to here in Canada and in the U.S.A.. Might have to spend some time diggin

Hi Garnet,

I took a quick look at the article and it's an interesting thesis...

but there's absolutely no reason to truly go in and cut old growth that is ecologically sound... what may need cutting are areas where the trees have grown in too close and crowded and did not maintain optimum growth.

What really needs to be down... is to plant trees all over the world.

Well managed forested lands are few and far between here or there...
to easy to cut and then let nature try to take ove