This is one thing I think that is widely misunderstood. People talk about the fact when you do a salvage sale and you have these dead trees laying there, well, they took some green trees. What they forget is that the bug infestation has gone from the dead trees into the surrounding green trees. So, some of those have to be taken in order to stop the infestation from spreading further. It is not because they are trying to undermine the environmental laws or doing something awful. It is because of honorable silvicultural practices.
Norman D. Dicks: “This is one thing I think that is widely misunderstood. People talk about the fact when you do a salvage sale and you…”
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Discussing the impact of salvage sales on forest management and environmental practices.
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