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Why is harvesting the trees not an option? Is the wood of such a low quality that you can't use it at all? Are the areas not reachable? I understand burning it
by luckylion 6y ago
Why is harvesting the trees not an option? Is the wood of such a low quality that you can't use it at all? Are the areas not reachable?
I understand burning it might be faster, but it has the obvious problems that are apparently stopping them from doing it today. But why not just allow trees to be harvested?
- dqv 6y agoI didn't really get a perfect answer except that if the logging operation is done incorrectly it makes the fires worse. The environmentalist view is that the trees should be burnt but not removed to return the nutrients to the ecosystem. Basically the experts are saying logging won't get us out of this. See https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/why-we-cant-log-our-way-out-of-wildfires https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/why-we-cant-log-o...