Just after the first world war many strong men in the Vancouver area logged by hand with saws and horses. They selectively harvested the forest and as a result we still have the forests to enjoy today. Lynn Canyon and Allouette Mountain are perfect examples.
Yesterday I took my daughter to lunch at Molly’s Reach in Gibson. They had some old photos of Gibson on the wall. Among the photos were some loggers harvesting trees with horses in 1918. That’s how they would do it. They would select large trees, cut them down and haul them out by horseback. Then they would use the waterways or the railroad to haul them out.
Today it’s all about the money and we rape the landscape by clearcutting everything in site. That’s were soil erosion problems occur. What ever happened to tree planting? Companies that are allowed to clear cut should be required to plant trees and reforest the area for future generations. Ireland used to have forests. After it was clear cut in became a bog.
Green Timbers Forestry centre is gone. Has tree planting become another casualty of the Campbell government? http://tobiaslawrence.bcndp.ca/news/campbell’s-government-continues-neglect-bc-forests
I noticed that the Clayoquot Sound issue is being revisited and we have heard next to nothing about it. Trees provide more than just scenery. They provide oxygen for us to breathe. If paper costs more to produce then what it's sold for then maybe we should look at other alternatives before we rape our landscape for nothing. Tree planting rocks: http://www.treesfortomorrow.gov.bc.ca/
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I've just came across to your blog.
Interesting blog!
Cheers..:-)
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