ORIGINAL: DougE
Archer,each game lands has a specific management plan and they are timbering.They just can't cut more than 1%a year.We have a very even agaed stand of timber in this part of the state and that's one of the reason we have a habitat problem.If they go in and wack down too much timber,we'll be faced with even worse habitat in about 15 years.Look at Parker dam.That area was a mecca for wildlife after the tornado of 1985.Unfortunately,it's now pole timber and thousands of acres that were once thriving habitat are now useless to wildlife.I think you'd agree that the dd in that area reflects what I'm saying.
Doug,
My problem comes with thestupid idea of harvesting less than 1 % of available timber.
Your example of the tornado damage clearly makes my point . A healthy forest has trees of all ages,seedlings to old growth ,this means no forest would ever be man made to grow into the wildlife void areas of pole timber we now have.We have no controls over mother nature but thank god the sever damage done to our state by the tornadoes is not a frequent occurrence.
Private property that is manged intelligently can be select cut every 10 - 15 years, continually guaranteeing a diverse habitat for all wildlife.
As an Alt detractor I will also go on record as saying the growth in our states black bear population isa direct resultof the 85 tornado's and little or nothing Dr. Alt did.
