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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:19 PM
Subject: [ENTS] Rendezvous Report
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As we left the vicinity of Steep Brook and climbed onto the ridge
side, we increasingly got a taste of the upland forests of the Berkshires. They
are often not much to look. In fact, to express it in my southern vernacular,
“the suck”.
I bet in 1491, they were fantastic, but alas, centuries of use and abuse have
left them in poor condition, from the point of view of recreation and
aesthetics- not to mention ecology or even timber value.
They suck the most when clearcut on a large scale by the state.
Regarding Robinson, good thing some local people fought the state- as the state
wanted to pulverize the place, not only cut much of the timber but the contract
also stipulated ripping up much of the understory vegetation!
A fundamental issue- seldom addressed, is- are we to restore the degraded
forests of the nation, or just find satisfaction in the tiny percentage of
forests that have a few huge trees?
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Joe
Forestry videos:
http://vimeo.com/1993866 "A Tale of Two Clearcuts"
http://vimeo.com/2090043 "Uneven vs. Even aged silviculture"
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