Please Don't Call it Forestry, Part 1: Clearcuts
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What has been called "forestry" by the timber industry, government agencies, and scientists in universities, has mostly been a cover for forest removal. Under the guise of "management", a complex ecosystem that supported wildlife, clean water, and clean air, has been replaced by plantations of trees, mostly all one species, grown on an agricultural model like corn in Iowa. The destruction is essentially total on private lands, less severe but still terrible in the national forests. If there's no forest, you can't call it forestry. See also: Douglas-fir National Monument, and Old-growth Douglas-fir Forests |
Image 1. A huge clearcut in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, as seen from the air. Image 2. A huge in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, as seen from the air.
Image 3. Clearcut patches to the horizon, as seen from the top of Saddle Mountain, Oregon.
Image 4. Clearcut areas on private timberland within
Image 5. Clearcut areas on private timberland within
Image 6. Clearcut areas on private timberland within
Image 7. A clearcut in Oregon.
Image 8. A clearcut in Oregon.
Image 9. A clearcut and new stands along the Oregon coast.
Image 10. A clearcut and new stands along the Oregon coast.
Image 11. New seedlings in a clearcut, Oregon Cascades, 2015.
Image 12. Clearcut hillside on private timberland near Sweet Home, OR, 2014.
Image 13. Distant clearcuts and new stands along the Oregon coast.
Image 14. Clearcut patches near Mt. Baker, Washington, 1990's.
Image 15. Distant clearcuts in Washington.
Image 16. Clearcuts in Oregon, 1990's. |
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