Please Don't Call it Forestry, Part 4:
Post-Fire Salvage Logging
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Post-fire salvage logging is particularly destructive, as environmentalist Andy Kerr has put it, "Like mugging a burn victim". Forest fires are a natural phenomenon, and many animals like woodpeckers thrive on post-burn conditions. In one case I know of, in Sierra National Forest, nesting sites for the northern spotted owl were destroyed to supply logs to the timber industry. See also: Douglas-fir National Monument, and Old-growth Douglas-fir Forests |
Image 1. Extensive post-fire salvage logging in Eldorado National Forest after the Caldor Fire in 2021.
Image 2. Extensive post-fire salvage logging in Eldorado National Forest after the Caldor Fire in 2021.
Image 3. Extensive post-fire salvage logging in Eldorado National Forest after the Caldor Fire in 2021.
Image 4. Extensive post-fire salvage logging in Eldorado National Forest after the Caldor Fire in 2021.
Image 5. Extensive post-fire salvage logging in Eldorado National Forest after the Caldor Fire in 2021. |
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