I think there are much too many mature trees around. The mature trees are choking out too many species that depend on sunlight to thrive. Vast stretches of country are like barren wastelands, full of starving wildlife that must be saved. We can't continue to protect one species at the cost of many others. Eco-tourism is endangering the welfare of our state and it is time that we stand up and come to the defense of our great land. We cannot let the selfish tourists, intent on seeing vast reaches of gigantic trees on their "outings", lay waste to the landscape, and produce this lifeless, barren forest floor. The poor herbivores are starving, chewing on tree trunks, in a vain attempt to effect an existance. Please, join with me folks, before it too late.
NO NO! Get rid of MATURE trees. They are the problem. Nothing wrong with saplings and young timber. They are GOOD. Gigantic stretches of mature trees covering the land is BAD. Eco-tourists don't like to look at brush and saplings, where wildlife thrives. Get the idea now?
Now you are getting my drift. We must bring the mature tree population into balance with the ecosystem. Eco-tourists are spoiled with seeing millions of behemoth trees on every "outing". They must learnhow to HUNT for the really big trees. Then, and only then, will they truly appreciate them for what they are.
Theworst commercial I saw was for BASF forestry where they were promoting forests with no choking underbrush, making it safer for hunters and recreational users.
Help the deer out that live in the mature forests by cutting down a tree or 50.
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Just a regular guy who likes to hunt
No problem with mature trees here in VA. Once they reach 30 years old TIMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down they go! All of the property within a square mile or more has been logged, except mine and my neighbors, but he will log his within the next year. Good for the animals up to a point; the point where the browse is out of reach for the deer and the undergrowth is being choked out. And,the trees are not old enough to produce nuts, fruit, etc.
Actually T in a new study they found out all the trees in the rain forest in South America give off carbon monoxide which is what they say harms the ozone layer.
We don't want all the mature tress cut down but there's gotta be some management to open the canopy because we don't let fires burn naturally anymore from lightening strikes.
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IF A FLY DIDN'T HAVE WINGS,WOULD IT STILL BE CALLED A FLY?
Trees: a public menace
