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Problem is that you would have to do the logging in a very uneconomic way. Basically you would want to leave the most profitable trees (big/old ones) and cut d
by doikor 3y ago
Problem is that you would have to do the logging in a very uneconomic way.
Basically you would want to leave the most profitable trees (big/old ones) and cut down all the small ones. This is because big trees don't really burn down and survive the fires for the most part. After a fire they provide a canopy stopping the forest from growing to be as dense in the future. With the less dense forest the fires after that won't be as intense.
- legitster 3y agoDetermining trees for cutting is usually determined by the forester, not the logger. If the forest manager wants to leave the big trees, that's on them and their management plan. All the more reason to have logging happen on publicly managed lands than private ones where "controlled wildfire burns" might not be a consideration.