They're only diversity deserts when not managed intelligently- if they are thinned, other species will come. Huge clearcuts are the real diversity deserts. There is a 90 acre clearcut on state of Mass. land - and several years later the regeneration still consists mostly of berry bushes! So again, it's a mystery why the enviro groups slavishly support FSC certification (not that I'm trying to tease them into commenting, since I wouldn't do that, and it would be inappropriate in this forum).
Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Joslin To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:22 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hopping around I understand that ecologists/biologists consider pure Red Pine and Norway Spruce stands to be diversity deserts. It's easy to clearcut but a more creative and perhaps productive approach from a diversity point of view would be to thin the stands or create smaller cut areas to simulate natural wind events and open things up a bit for successional growth rather than wholesale flatten them. Just my non-professional opinion. -Andrew At 04:24 PM 10/6/2008, you wrote: Bob, be forewarned- the clearcut monster has arrived at Windsor St. Forest. I went there a few weeks ago to view some of the state's whack jobs- apparently part of their effort to wipe out all red pine and Norway Spruce- which is just mind boggling- but, I won't get into the stupidity of it as doing so would be inappropriate for the ENTS list. Joe PS: amazingly, these whack jobs are fully supported by the major enviro groups in this state- makes you wonder what's in the water or air causing such neural disorders <G> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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