We can do with selective harvesting what the fires have done for centuries and create massive jobs. We could be exporting lumber to China and Asia rather than logs. Imagine that?
Yup. Trees are alive, like us.
They live, grow, then get old and die.
We can use them and plant more. Responsible timber cutters have done so for decades.
The idea that old growth is better than new growth is insane. Old growth is static, in decay, waiting to die. It’s beyond mature. elderly.