Boreal forest agreement

[Toparboring]

I think ( which at 7:43 am on a day off is cloudy) all of the protected land in the U.S. adds up to under the Boreal Forest deal

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

Interesting topic. I like it.

It also made me wonder how much forest (in acres) the U.S. alone has... I was surprised.

National Atlas.

An even more extensive report for Russia's forests.

Atlas of Russia's Intact Forest Landscapes.

Interesting stuff.

 

[John_Paul_Sanborn]

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The skilled fallers are running feller bunchers day and night.

Replanting with current practices has done more damage than the logging. I've planted in 3 foot deep trenches running up and down slopes. I've planted on blade prepped ground which left 20' tall slash rows and 12' wide smooth mineral soil in between. Diseases from the greenhouse and non native stands are another factor.

Leaving nature to tend itself is definately the best practice.

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I think letting nature take it's course is too much of a touchy feely ideal. Wee need to adapt our practices with the way nature recovers a disturbed environment. We try to replant with an economically viable species, when this is not how disturbance succession works.

As for the feller bunchers..well they are for maximising the yeild of the stand, they have nothing to do with sustainability. Maybe if the big interests managed plantation stands on the fringes of an uninterrupted biome....

 

[boreality]

Letting nature tend itself is a touchy feely ideal???

I can't comprehend your perspective. An old indian might wonder if you've lost your way.

I've spent many years in the sub-artic where very few humans have even stepped, let alone impacted. It seems to be taking care of itself just fine. Reminded me of paradise,,, with mosquitos.

 

[dylanclimbs]

You wanna pull out some timber with a helo...in 170 million acres...and your not going to build roads? Thats one big fuel tank. Note this is boreal forest not temperate rainforest so your just not pulling sawlogs out of the forest that have enough value to justify the immense cost of the helo.

The whole idea is to leave it alone. If it is justifiable, and sustainable, why can you not comprehend it? Just log it, divide it into sections...clearly did not comprehend.

It is a step in the right direction.