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Maybe sheep are a factor as well? Just a guess.
by kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
Maybe sheep are a factor as well? Just a guess.
- omegant 5y agoIn the highlands it seems to be the case. Also lack of predators for wild deer. New trees get eaten and none reaches maturity.
- ddek 5y agoWild deer are the big issue. There's a small but vocal community pushing for wolf reintroduction, but that has it's own challenges. Scottish land law is extraordinarily complicated and archaic, it remain solely to prevent extinction of a far more damaging animal: the Edinburgh Lawyer. I'm rarely as concerned about northern forests though. Fir trees count for half, or less, IMO. Without beech, silver birch, oak and yew the forest is fake.
- Nux 5y agoBring back the wolf, I say.
- mattowen_uk 5y agoFarmers, then Vikings, then Weather, Then MORE farming, then the English, then World War 1.