"The PGC is not saying the habitat in Greene Co, is among the worst in the state, they are saying forest health based on regeneration is among the worst in the state and 5C is rated the worst with only 26% regeneration."
Not sure what you are getting at, or how that differs from what i said? Thats what i was referring to, the regen. Because thats also what was rated much higher the year prior to the change in assessment. 61% was referring to the plots with regeneration. Then in one year, thanks to the change in technique it dropped substantially...
...Oh, i think you may have been speaking of my observation of the condition of the habitat? In that case, I agree there is difference between the habitat current condition and regeneration. Though Id say they are pretty tied together. The habitat condition wouldnt have been good even right after our highest ever herd sizes back in 99 if we werent getting good regeneration, and our regen was not rated as poor even in the earliest assessments, therefore its safe to assume the habitat conditions werent bad either....Though many of us didnt need to see that data to know that.
Either way, they are full of...