Is the level of clearcutting going to be reduced now that forestry workers say they are going to be using techniques more sensitive to ecological concerns?
It is indeed true that professional loggers are using techniques that are more sensitive to the ecology of an area. Such practices would include (1) leaving green belts along waterways for purposes of erosion control and protection of water quality, (2) leaving “wildlife clumps” in harvest areas to increase wildlife diversity, (3) providing for wildlife corridors within harvest areas to maintain habitat, (4) leaving “special management zones” to protect existing habitat features (i.e. deer yards, rapture nest habitats), (5) undertaking management planning with “landscape or viewscape” priorities in mind, (6) increasing the use of alternative harvesting techniques such as selection harvesting, shelterwood harvesting, and thinning operations. However, it must be emphasized that most clearcutting is not insensitive to ecological concerns and it is not going to disappear. It is important to realize that clearcutting, if done properly, is a very responsible approach to forest management. Th
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