This is the view from the highest point on the road we were scouting out. I wanted you to see what our forest looks like in the big picture, so often we are down in the bottoms with short views. It's really a big forest, and from above you can see the patchwork of different logged areas, recent cuts, last year's cuts, and other half-grown stands. It really makes it interesting to ride through, and makes it better than natural as a habitat for grazers like deer, and berry lovers like bear. What enviros don't get is that if it wasn't logged it'd be half as productive for wildlife as it is as an actively logged area. Yes, the machines are loud, but when they're gone, the deer thrive. Other areas naturally have frequent forest fires that achieve the same thing... here, if it's not cut, it rarely burns, it's too wet, and the resulting old growth is really quite a dark and unproductive habitat.
I know you probably understand all this, but I love forestry as a science... it would have been a good thing for me to go into, now that I think back.