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  1. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    awesome! I really enjoy seeing pictures of big or unique trees. thank you for posting.
  2. kevin bingham

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    https://www.google.com/search?q=stump+prairies+michigan&client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&prmd=misvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiboOe7zezbAhUL6YMKHWORDbIQ_AUIEigC&biw=360&bih=517#imgrc=yG3r_N9lKXTUgM: this is a picture of the Kingston plains. 100 years after being clear cut. the...
  3. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    so 5% saved from clear cutting is a success story? or is that a wrong number. Granted It is a much better number than what happened here in the east which is more like .005%.
  4. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/17/environmentalists-plan-logging-to-restore-redwood-forests/amp/ good forestry practices in effect although maybe retroactively. thoughts?
  5. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    By the way, I am sure good forestry practice exist. I was quite impressed at the forests in Germany honestly. Or the amount of thought and care that has gone into it. There are still problems there. There is a collective care of the forest that runs throughout the society. Forestry practice...
  6. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    you are right. I have just seen maps of what once was. I have walked through a few small groves if what remains. I have seen stumps. I do know quite well what remains of the forests of Michigan and do not see any evidence of true recovery. When you can get a ecosystem here that will support...
  7. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    when do you think good forest practice was started and implemented here. There was no Logging plan here when they razed the entire state. (which was for the domestic market I believe). Is there an example besides Oregon where the policy wasn't complete removal of every tree worth a dollar...
  8. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    I can't stay awake driving. I have a horrible time with that. sit me down anywhere and ill doze off. church, school, driving, the movies. its a pain in the ass. I eithwe have to be moving or sleeping. hardly any middle ground. when I drive long distances, I hit a wall about an hour in and...
  9. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    hard to make money doing tree work in a gritty blue collar logging town where everyone has a chainsaw. Soft handed pretentious folks with money are good for employment I imagine.
  10. kevin bingham

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    and in 1000 years nature allowed redwoods to grow up and down California without interference. this run came to an end in not even 100 years of industrial scale extraction.
  11. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    thanks for pointing me over to this thread. it is a good one Reg.
  12. kevin bingham

    Champion Trees

    I was reading about a German forestry department that has operated with the same game plan and with out a hitch for the last 800 years. that would include before Germany even. through the Weimar, the Nazis, the communists and the reunited era. all these massive political changes and the...
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