Clear cutting and wild life

[alexboyprin]

Hi. I am wondering...does the government take into consideration the deers/mooses/elk population (well being) when they do clear cutting. I mean, in some place it is like a war zone! may be because of the pine beatle they have had to cut more trees than usual? in some place, i swear that, no matter how deep you walk "in the forest" (or what is left of it) it seem that one is never further awas from a road or cut block by more than half a kilometer!!!?? Are these large denuded surface somehow useful for ongulates?? or, they they just uses the wooden valley, mostly?

thanks to all for your comments!
alexboy

[mjmbc]

before they log an area off yes they do take it into consideration, there are so many hoops you have to jump through before you can cut it would make your head spin . as for the pine beetle cut blocks its either that or looseing the whole forest not to mention how unsafe it is to walk through a dead forest trees can come down on you at any time

[moosecaller]

Certain animals do better in clear cut areas, it opens up more feed for them and allows them to increase their range. it's not bad for all of the grazers and browsers. Populations have increased in some of the ungulates due to clear cut, although it looks terrible it's not all bad.

[Barracuda]

clear cuts are good

[goatdancer]

The government does not care about wildlife. Their only concern is to get as much money as they can from the trees. The forest companies do clearcuts because it's the cheapest method of harvesting the trees.

[KodiakHntr]

The government does not care about wildlife. Their only concern is to get as much money as they can from the trees. The forest companies do clearcuts because it's the cheapest method of harvesting the trees.

Do those of us that make our living doing this a favour would you goat?

Some of us spend inordinate amounts of time and energy to make sure that the forest land base is managed correctly. Please try to not state personaly opinion as fact.

There is so much that goes into creating a cutblock that you evidently have no idea about that perhaps you should refrain from posting further on this thread.

[oldtimer]

Do those of us that make our living doing this a favour would you goat?

Some of us spend inordinate amounts of time and energy to make sure that the forest land base is managed correctly. Please try to not state personaly opinion as fact.

There is so much that goes into creating a cutblock that you evidently have no idea about that perhaps you should refrain from posting further on this thread.

Perfectly said!! For those of you that want to listen.
Besides the devastation of the Pine Beetle, Pine Forests need to be replanted because their seeds open up usually under extreme heat (forsest fires). The best way to allow tree planters to do their jobs safely is through a clear cut. The bigger clear cuts now are a direct result of the pine beetle not corporate greed or indifference. Mike

[barry1974w]

Most large clear cuts have WTP's (wildlife tree patch) in them also. But with some of the large beetle blocks this becomes difficult, so in most of those cuts the WTP's will be patches of spruce. Those are left for thermal cover and bedding areas.

[Piperdown]

Well alex maybe you and your droggy wogs might have to walk a little further into the woods to find a little bit of the ole ultra violence, maybe at the milk bar love your avatar

[uraarchr]

As far as I know most ungulates benefit some from logging and burning.The ungulate that is most negatively affected is the caribou.They eat the mosses and lichens in the old growth forest and need connected areas like this for habitat :but this is in caribou areas only.Not much we can do about the pine beetle thing but cut it all.