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What's your source on even high, rugged country like that being logged out by the 1930ies at an industrial scale?

• jeffbee 3y ago
  I am looking at the USDA Old Growth and Mature Forests GIS. Why do you doubt it? The Northern Pacific Railroad went right through that area, and Congress granted them lands 40 miles on either side of their route.
  • davidw 3y ago
    They could have easily stripped the lower areas fairly thoroughly, and left higher peaks alone. I'm not saying "I doubt it happened", just that I'm not convinced either way.
    • callalex 3y ago
      What is there to be convinced of? The loggers weren’t hiding their practices as they weren’t doing anything illegal. This is well documented and studied.
      • davidw 3y ago
        They also left some timber in some places that were hard to reach, too.
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