Note that i said sone properly. I’m not talking about stripping heavily sloped land all the way to the river’s edge.
A coniferous forest like what is likely to be found up in Idaho has a canopy that blocks out light from most everything under it. Claearcutting can give wildlife a place to eat.
Again, I don’t know what they’re doing in TN but there is some land near here in Missouri that was clearcut in the 30’s that now looks pretty much like the old growth I have seen. It’s amazing how the forest can repair itself. Unfortunately the oak borers (exotic beetles) have been spotted in the state recently. Hopefully it won’t hit hte forests as hard as they think it will.
Yes I understand but “properly" has different meaning to different people.
If only the companies here would have done an checkerboard type pattern, and allowing for riparian protection zones, I'd have no problem with them harvesting mature trees.
And amazingly, forests do regenerate. Most of the forests visitors see in picturesque settings in Tennessee are not “virgin”. Even the state parkland have been stripped by iron and railroad companies that once flourished here in the 1880's.