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A comment on Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest. Parent comment

Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by ricardobeat on Sunday July 28, 2019 @02:16PM (#20548966)
These forests take a lot longer than a couple decades to recover.
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Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by fraserharris on Sunday July 28, 2019 @04:40PM (#20549734)
On Vancouver Island the harvesting cycle is 40 - 50 years. Trees grow fast with reasonable temperatures with lots of rain.
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Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by novaleaf on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:14AM (#20551462)
In Washington I think the cycle is similar for hardwoods. Wherhauser is a pretty good steward of their land, as that's really the only "asset" they have.
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