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Re:The High Sierra forest is dying, and you can't count the ... by thaumaturgy on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:42PM (#12656744)
Yeah, fwiw that argument has become pretty convincing to me too. I used to be staunchly opposed to any kind of forest management, and now I'm much less bothered by seeing a carefully-thinned forest area.

Manzanita is one of the bigger reasons (for me). I hate that damn plant with a fiery passion, and it's one of the first things in the sierra to come back and take over an area after it burns.

Well-managed forest areas tend to have much much less manzanita.

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Re:The High Sierra forest is dying, and you can't count the ... by thrownblown on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:44PM (#12657571)
+1 to yucky manzanita. pollen stinks so bad.

only worthwhile thing they produce are the burls, but those are worthless for turning since they have a high likelihood of containing rocks.

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