Hi guys.
Maybe you old-timers remember me from years back. I'm a small timber owner
thinking about soaking in the newsgroups once again and just downloaded the
last 500 or so headers.
Would the (original) bionet site be a better forum if I was to concentrate
on just one? There does seem to be an abundance of political offtopic
titles here? Gee, and I thought the political arguments with Zorzin (race,
bigbrother-mandated forestry, etc.) was on the high side!
Regards,
DVK
"Larry Caldwell" wrote in message
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Hi Geoff,
The place has gone to the dogs since Joe left and the cross posters got
in. I think most of us are still working in the field. So far it's been
a mild fall and winter out west.
The crossposters are easy to deal with if you just filter out any posts
to over 3 newsgroups. The fanatics always want the tallest soapbox, and
most news servers will allow crossposting to 5 newsgroups, so they push
it to the limit.
This newsgroup never has been a high traffic zone. I'm particularly
surprised how few small timber owners have showed up. I was never
particularly impressed by Joe's ideas because I felt he was contemptuous
of the property owner.
Property owners make forestry decisions based on many factors, only one
of which is the condition of the woods. I was sad to hear how many
landowners have gone to short rotation "real estate sale" management in
your area, but it is understandable. With the large log dockage at the
mill, I have seen the net value of my biggest trees drop by 1/3 or more.
These are generally healthy, rapidly growing trees, and in last year's
market I would just let them grow for another 15 years, but in current
market conditions there's not much point. It looks like the best thing
to do is cut everything over 16" DBH, let the rest grow, and log it again
in 15 years. That's not the greatest forest management, but it may be
the only kind I can afford in the long run.
If you want better forest management, give the land owners better
options.
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