Carter-K8VT wrote:
Well, you are right. Logging a "few" trees won't damage the forest.
However, what logging company is going to set up an operation for only a
"few" trees? Let's try and be a little more realistic here...

Forests, left to their own devices, end up with trees far too close
together for good root growth and effective nutrient absorption. Lots
die. The dead ones end up fueling forest fires that take all the trees.
Most logging companies today would take trees in such a way as to let
the remaining trees have room to grow, so they can come back in a dozen
years and harvest again.

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