Bob: I'm too far (in time and space) away from the New England woods right now but from Appalachia... I think that the days are numbered for the commercial harvesting of oversized trees. A few years ago there was only one sawmill left in WV that was prepared to mill out trees larger than 40"... a few years ago I also attended a Forest Guild annual meeting in Coastal Oregon where I heard several foresters lament that trees generally grew so fast that many managed properties were starting to fill up with trees that were above the commercial size ceiling imposed by a combination of modern milling technology and the general small size of the second, third and fourth growth timber being cut. I can almost anticipate portions of New England could also be headed in the same direction. Russ
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