Beth: I think that in most of the country where private woodland ownership is common the timber harvesting done on a majority of private land is driven by short term economic gain. Anyone who spends a majority of their time in the woods on public land....which many in ENTS do in pursuits such as walking, hiking or measuring trees, it can become fairly easy to develop a warped sense of expectations in terms of the health, status or even quality of forest management practices that take place on private land where most people never tread. I also agree with Joe about the woefully small number of people in the forestry profession that "get it".... and the worn out condition of those that do. Russ **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.double click.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs)
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