>If you're not being stupid about it, you're cutting down mature trees and not trampling the volunteer seedlings. Most of the time I can drive around my family

>If you're not being stupid about it, you're cutting down mature trees and not trampling the volunteer seedlings. Most of the time I can drive around my family's property and find many trees that have already fallen and are down without having to even cut mature trees. It's just the extra work that goes into it rather than calling up the gas company for a refill. I am lucky and my great grandpa/family has been passing the farm/land down through the generations and now it's a 'family' farm with about 1500 acres, and about 2/3 of that is forest with trails. Worst case scenario I contract out some kids/young adults in the area to cut/haul/stack my wood if I am short on time and unable to get enough for the winter myself. Lots of Maple trees in Upper Michigan :D