ORIGINAL: bronko22000
Gentlemen - I agree with the mismanagement of the PA deer herd. Cannot say for sure about the timber industry. If they are complaining about the deer populations they don't have a leg to stand on. The state forests througout NC PA have acres of trees dieing of old age. Why don't they do selective harvest in these areas? Probably because it will open up the canopy to allow for new growth with will draw more deer..... its a double edged sword.
bronko,want to hear TRUE story about our great DCNR.
logging trucks came to us and said,WE CANT GET TO OUR LOGS BECAUSE THE ROADS HAVE CANOPY OVER THEM AND SUNLIGHT DOES NOT HIT DIRT ROADS, SO WE MAKE RUTS SO BAD WE CANT GET TO TREES.
so, we had committee a few years ago backed by our local senator to look into it.
we asked the great DCNR to cut the trees back 15 ft on each side of roads so sun could dry roads out.
you know what they said, they said, SPROUL DONT YOU KNOW THAT A SPOTTED LIZARD lives in those rocks along roads and sunlight would kill them.
as paul harvey says, GOOD DAY!
