ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Did you even bother to read the quote? Did you note they were using the same basic criteria that the PGC is using today?
I read all the quotes including this one
Actually , it is very important since it demonstrates how the PGC went from an agency concerned about the interest of hunters to an agency that has changed it's priorities to satisfy DCNR and the timber industry.
Which is what the response was directed toward. We all know that there has been a shift from one of Maximum sustained yeild to an RDD optimal sustained yeild. The terminology to justify both is similar but they are very different management styles