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Beautiful kids forestkeeper, and those are 2 amazing trees!

My little hood was saved by 2 of the biggest barons in the area, who saw the writing on the wall, and decided to save this beautiful place for future generations. Not a days goes by that I am not thankful for their forethought and bold moves!

WORD!

I was recently showing my wife some old pics of Ak clear-cuts I left in my wake. She said they reminded her of the photos of the Mt. St Helen aftermath. Nuff said.

My feelings concerning clear-cutting are based on my experience in the late 70's-80's. I spent nearly a decade clear-cutting and logging forests that had never seen a saw before. We walked into beautiful untouched forests with big timber, and incredibly diverse ecosystems. When we left it...

Agreed, but I for one don't feel that a clear-cut is a properly managed forest.

Kind of the point Butch. Some of these trees can take thousands of years to reach the point that we a now seeing them, yet can be destroyed in a matter of moments, all in the name of profit.

Burnham can and should be proud of his replanting work, but I thought we were talking about the practice of clear cutting. Go walk through a forest that has never seen any logging, then walk through a 15 yr old clear-cut that has been replanted. You will quickly realize that it is gonna be...

How many of you have walked into a forest that has never seen an axe, saw, skidder, cat, or yarder and proceeded to mow every tree in sight down? How many of you have stood in the middle a clear cut the size of a small city/town, knowing you participated in the devastation? I can tell you...

Fantastic post Reg!

Yea. What we call old-growth Reds have been around for well over a 1000 years, and in a matter of a few decades we humans managed to kill a large portion of them. If it were not for the forethought of a few leaf-licking, tree-hugging. dirt-worshipping, eco weirdo's these irreplaceable wonders...

DSB is no laughing matter Jim. A devastating disease that is so easily, and enjoyable cured! A little cuffing of the dummy and all your symptoms magically disappear.

I hope Im not stepping over a line here, but you seem a little more grumpy than usual stig. Perhaps your drinking too much coffee, or suffering from DSB syndrome (deadly sperm buildup)? Lucky for you both are easily remedied!

Butch is just gonna have to get in line, as there are a bunch of folks who are already angry with me.

Very nice Stig.

Were gonna have to agree to disagree on this one Burnham. I simply don't agree with clear-cutting practices. I have personally worked on old growth clear-cut projects from start to finish. I have seen the before and after, and the utter devastation to the flora & fauna, wild life, watershed...

Here's the largest Fir on my parcel. Tapes out at 8 ft DBH on the button. Climbed it once a while back and it measure a scosh over 240 ft. First limb is at 135-140 ft, and is a small tree (40-42" diameter ). Big old Fir with a nasty head-lean. I love this tree!

Beautiful Fir and terrain Reg! , Looking at clear-cuts, and knowing that I participated in that shit makes my heart hurt nowadays.

That is one tall, beautiful Hemlock. Climbed, topped, and fell some pretty big/tall Hemlocks in Southeast Alaska back in the day, but nothing that tall. Your photos continue to amaze me. Keep em' coming!

Thanks Burnham. The best person I have ever meet. She literally saved me from an early grave, or a lifetime of free rent on a 4x8 cell.