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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by timthelion on Thursday October 19, 2017 @04:31AM (#15506337)
It may grow fast, bug the pacific north west once was covered with HUGE trees. Those trees may seem normal, but they are small in comparison to how things "normally" looked before Europeans. https://www.google.cz/search?q=spruce+giants+olympic&source=...
Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by Bartweiss on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:45AM (#15508347)
Yep - PNW forestry is a fairly reasonable solution, at least in the sense that it's sustainable as-is. But it's far from a natural condition for that area.

The comparison between relatively preserved parks and National Forests (e.g. Willamette) and the rest of the states forests is truly jarring.

For that matter, the same pattern can be seen across the country. Much of Pennsylvania is densely forested, but the entire state has only a few thousand scattered acres of old-growth woods.