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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    I could not imagine the county could demand such a thing unless the trees were diseased, endangering public property, or overhanging other property. The campong of vagrants on the property would not require the removal of trees. If all the facts are correct, then whomever demanded the removal of the trees was way over their authority.

    Many decades ago, in a land far, far away, I studied reforestation and silviculture in preparation for college. My shift to architecture in senior year of high school overshadowed my love of the forests. And here I sit, crunching numbers to pay my bills, lol.
    The trees were healthy and it was a very nice piece of property. The sad fact is that this same thing has happened to several property owners here. It is a fact that the county is forcing people to do this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    We aren't sure what killed the mammoths, probably climate change oddly enough. But trees will not grow back like these. Most of our trees are young. Farm land left for the forest to reclaim or timber harvested every 30 years or so. It's not all bad , new growth forest have some advantages over old forest , but there is something about seeing the giants of any species that inspires awe.
    Hunting was one component.

    As for the forests, with proper planning they can grow back.

    The real question is do we need them to.

    Sure, they're pretty. Sure, wildlife needs them. But there has to be a balance between the needs of people and their desires.

    The purpose of national forests, as opposed to the National parks, is to maintain a sustainable resource. It is not economical, nor sensible, to simply regrow forest giants in cropland intended for harvest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    The trees were healthy and it was a very nice piece of property. The sad fact is that this same thing has happened to several property owners here. It is a fact that the county is forcing people to do this.
    I'll guess you are referring to Bremerton... I'll have to do a bit of research on the subject. It goes against virtually all existing laws I am acquainted with on the subject.

    Dark humor: since you don't need to save the trees for the spotted owl, would you like some good recipes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    I'll guess you are referring to Bremerton... I'll have to do a bit of research on the subject. It goes against virtually all existing laws I am acquainted with on the subject.

    Dark humor: since you don't need to save the trees for the spotted owl, would you like some good recipes?
    Yes. Bremerton / Kitsap county. I know of three occasions where this has happened.

    It was claimed that spotted owls could only live in old growth forests. That fell flat when they found one nesting in a broken K Mart sign in downtown Tacoma.
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    When I lived in central New York, I spent time at the Beaver Lake Nature Center. In the 19 80's the place was new, and they'd planted pine saplings in the front field. They were maybe 20 feet tall then. They were planted in rough rows and didn't look right.

    I was back there a couple of years ago, and the mature trees looked pretty good. They are spaced far enough apart they might turn into giants such as we're there before.

    What they cannot do is replace the native chestnuts our the multi-state mixed hardwood conifer forests. That's just impossible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    Someone may have covered this in the interim from your original post to here, but I disagree with your statement of 'weed trees' for lumber. Silvaculture and reforestation is taken very seriously, and before old growth trees are cut, plans for the reforestation are usually submitted to government entities that monitor lumber harvesting and must be approved before any tree is removed.

    Just because a company owns a piece of land that contains trees, does not mean they can freely strip it.
    I can pretty much guarantee they aren't planting much in the way of slow growing trees. I tend to call trees that grow really quickly "weed" trees including trees like poplars or fast growing maples.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I can pretty much guarantee they aren't planting much in the way of slow growing trees. I tend to call trees that grow really quickly "weed" trees including trees like poplars or fast growing maples.
    Why do you keep commenting on a subject you have no knowledge of?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Why do you keep commenting on a subject you have no knowledge of?
    Why do you unfailingly defend companies that produce false studies to prove that their dangerous products are not toxic?

    Companies that grow "timber" for lumber would be clear cutting if it were not illegal. They have been forced to behave more responsibly, but that is still restrained by the need for profits, so biodiversity is at the bottom of their list of priorities. However, one day they too will be out of business because eventually we won't need paper at all and we will stop constructing buildings with wood. That will only leave the furniture industry which doesn't have quite the same appetite for sappy wood.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Why do you unfailingly defend companies that produce false studies to prove that their dangerous products are not toxic?

    Companies that grow "timber" for lumber would be clear cutting if it were not illegal. They have been forced to behave more responsibly, but that is still restrained by the need for profits, so biodiversity is at the bottom of their list of priorities. However, one day they too will be out of business because eventually we won't need paper at all and we will stop constructing buildings with wood. That will only leave the furniture industry which doesn't have quite the same appetite for sappy wood.
    I have not defended anyone who produces a false study.

    The fact is, we need the timber industry. The timber industry needs to create sustainable practices to survive. It they just went crazy and did what you claimed they want to do they’d go out of business in a year. Timber is a renewable resource. They need to renew that resource to survive. They know this.

    And yes, trees are timber.

    Lumber is used for more than paper. We will never stop using lumber in the construction of homes and other buildings. Why would we? What’s the alternative? Plastics, Brick, Concrete or recycled tires?

    Geez....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I have not defended anyone who produces a false study.

    The fact is, we need the timber industry. The timber industry needs to create sustainable practices to survive. It they just went crazy and did what you claimed they want to do they’d go out of business in a year. Timber is a renewable resource. They need to renew that resource to survive. They know this.

    And yes, trees are timber.

    Lumber is used for more than paper. We will never stop using lumber in the construction of homes and other buildings. Why would we? What’s the alternative? Plastics, Brick, Concrete or recycled tires?

    Geez....
    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    We will never stop using lumber in the construction of homes and other buildings. Why would we? What’s the alternative? Plastics, Brick, Concrete or recycled tires?
    Lumber is only used in residential construction in places where lumber is readily available. In most of the world they have been using concrete for at least 100 years - the buildings last longer and they don't have to worry about dry rot or termites, nor do the blow down in windstorms or burn readily. They understood the story of the three little pigs. Of course it takes a little more skill to build with concrete. The truth is that the lumber industry has immense power in politics as do the framers unions, which obviously favors the frame built housing industry.

    Houses are being built from materials that are steeped in dangerous chemicals. All that oriented strandboard (OSB) is lethal if it gets wet, both in terms of the chemical outgassing as well as in the loss of structural integrity. Yet you see housing developments being built with OSB and exposed to the elements for months on end. You couldn't pay me to buy one of those houses.

    There are far far better options today. Factory made, absolutely straight and squared lightweight concrete panels complete with channels for every kind of wiring you could ever possibly need. They can even be made to order and put together far more quickly and efficiently, yet those industries face massive obstacles because of the softwood lumber bias.
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