i agree that oak growth is determined by site specific conditions. But even when an area that was dominated by oaks prior to a harvest ,may not regenerate in oaks because of their low shade tolerance and slow growth rate compared to red maple,sugar maple , poplar, ash,beech or birch. Do you agree?
I think that certain logging methods favor one species over another sometimes.
You must be slipping, because I have always been a very vocal proponent of clearcutting on this forum. No secret there. DougE knows how muchI favor clearcutting from past debates. I know I'm no educated forester, but I know that all the good we had in this state, the hunting, the prosperity of our economy, we owed to that clearcutting of days gone by. It is ugly at first, and that is why it is politically incorrect now. But sometimes beauty is in the eye of the ecology, and not aesthetic.
The life that comes from widespread devastation is like a miracle at work.
That is the wayI have always felt on the matter. Where have you been?