Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

Re:Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tra... by WalterBright on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:38PM (#36952000)

What I heard was private tree farmers did just that. It's the public forestry service that logs out the best trees. It's that old "tragedy of the commons" problem.

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Re:Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tra... by throwawaylinux on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @05:56AM (#36954219)

Forestry service doesn't sound like tragedy of the commons, it sounds like tragedy of government.

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Re:Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tra... by FrustratedMonky on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:32AM (#36955157)

The biggest tree cutters aren't the government.

The big cutters are paper companies. Corporate forests are planted in nice rows like corn, so it is easy to plant, easy to harvest. Reduced time, reduced labor.

And, these small private groups have larger labor overhead. Maybe tribes like this, or small family owned plots can do this.

But I wonder if they are really self-sustaining, or these groups have cash coming in from other endeavors, other jobs that help support them.

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Re:Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tra... by throwawaylinux on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:38PM (#36966698)

The subject wasn't plantation timber though, but the forestry service (allegedly) logging out the best trees from forests.

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