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In reply to: >> Isn't this report advocating that thinning the tree population would have blunted the effect of the bark beetle problem? Thinning the tree pop
by pvaldes 6y ago
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>> Isn't this report advocating that thinning the tree population would have blunted the effect of the bark beetle problem?
Thinning the tree population wouldn't solve it. Removing part of the dead trees could mitigate it but those trees are essential to beetle predators like woodpeckers. Things in ecology are complex and always connected.
The real problem here is the lack of water.
- jeffbee 6y agoA snag doesn't draw any water, though, so it seems like you could leave them standing while culling live trees to reduce the areal water demand, right?
- pvaldes 6y ago> A snag doesn't draw any water I had seen this narrative lots of times before. "Fix it for me for free whereas I take the money" because you like the trees, don't you?. Not. Sorry. Is nor is my mission, neither I have the private resources to "draw any water" or fix the consequences of the greed of others. I assume that US government could fix the problem if they wanted, so don't blame on the messenger, please. The current narrative seems to be "forests are expensive so lets remove them and problem solved". Will not work.