The response is very simple. It is public land. Even private foresters are moving away from clearcutting. Why would we want on land owned by you and me and our neighbors to strip the land bare, down to the flat muddy soil, and cause all of the negative impacts of clearcutting to take place on land we own, when we could do otherwise? We own it. Why should we not handle it in such a way that the public would want us to handle it?
Discussing the management of public land and the impacts of clearcutting.
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