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crabcakesandbeer t1_j1pcufw wrote

The logging industry has always been beneficial for well managed forests. It’s the Smokey Bear, wilderness policies which have been bad for forests.

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Kindness_3024 t1_j1pro0i wrote

No scientific proof of this whatsoever. None.

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crabcakesandbeer t1_j1puusr wrote

Smokey Bear leads to overgrown forests, and devastating wildfires.

Thinning the forests allows for low level natural fires that don’t turn into large conflagrations.

That’s why the forest service has controlled burns.

That’s science.

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Greypilgrem t1_j1pukei wrote

Comparing logging to absolute fire prevention, is like comparing a spider bite to a snake bite. Allowing forest to undergo their natural successional processes is ideal, and that includes fire.

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