Thread: Speakout: Clear-cutting for runoff 'delusional'
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Old 10-12-2002, 05:51 PM
Larry Caldwell
 
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Default Speakout: Clear-cutting for runoff 'delusional'
In article ,
writes:
Once again, for the geographically challenged, the Great Plains of North
America are not a desert. In fact, they are quite well watered.

Not enough to grow a lot of crops in Colorado without water!

If you are talking about east Colorado around the Kansas border, the term
you are looking for is shortgrass prairie. It is well suited for
grazing, and there is plenty of water to grow a nice crop of pine trees
without irrigation. Unfortunately, silviculture is not practical if
there is no market. Lumber mills are pretty much clustered near pre-
existing stands of timber.

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