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Actually I've heard that the best ecological and economic outcome is to manage an old growth forest and log it selectively using patterns that mimic tree loss f

• thaumasiotes 3y ago
  > I've heard that the best ecological and economic outcome is to manage an old growth forest and log it selectively using patterns that mimic tree loss from non-human activity I don't see how this is supposed to be accomplished. For that concept to make any sense, you'd need to prevent the tree loss from non-human activity, which is all but impossible to do. If you can't do that, then the existing pattern of loss already looks like "loss from non-human activity", and any logging you do will look like "a lot more loss than typical of non-human activity".
  • myshpa 3y ago
    > I don't see how this is supposed to be accomplished Peter Wohlleben has written about this approach. The Menominee tribe also practices a similar method; they only log sick or weak trees. However, because these are from old growth forests, the wood quality is superior to that of trees from monoculture forests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wohlleben https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wohlleben https://e360.yale.edu/features/menominee-forest-management-logging https://e360.yale.edu/features/menominee-forest-management-l...