 Cut more B.C. timber to fight pine beetle, says report A B.C. government report recommends increasing logging in the province's central Interior, a region hit hard by the pine beetle epidemic and an explosion that demolished the Burns Lake sawmill.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Clearcutting prevents forest fires, too!
Depends on how much crap they leave lying about on the forest floor.
This spring, like every other one I can remember, the tree-planting crews were all over this area. Rather puts the lie to MacDonald's blanket statement. What a woos.
For an extremely short time. There haven't been nearly as many as a decade ago. Last year they were only around here for a couple weeks.
Better plan, burn it all. Kills the beetles and the forest regrows greener than before.
Brilliant.
Intentional burning is a very bad idea.
Forest fire risk is high to extreme almost everywhere as it is.
Intentional burning is a very bad idea.
Well it's not like it's his first one.