Francis Greulich wrote: > > "On any old growth forest there are high grade trees and low grade trees, > trees of good species and trees of inferior species." Thus starts the > article entitled " Profitable logs; economic selection in logging", by > T.T. Munger and A.H. Brandstrom, November, 1931, The Timberman > 33(1):27-30, 32-34. Parenthetically, this article and others of that time > period make an enlightening read for those who persist in believing that > "new forestry" in the PNW is in fact "new". Been there, done that, got the > t-shirt! ;) > Aldo Leopold and others of his time are, in fact, often cited by the proponents of the "new forestry". So, it is obvious to everyone that these concepts are not new. What makes the "new forestry" new is the application of those concepts to real, on-the-ground land management. That is where evolving forestry practices become "new". Our current scientific understanding is no match for this new perspective, and therefore, requires that we reinvent forest management. As we struggle with the realization of those concepts in terms of the new forest management we must address, not only, how it is accomplished, but more fundamentally, what it really means. -- ======================== schmoldt@vt.edu ============================= Daniel L. Schmoldt Brooks Forest Products Center USDA Forest Service Virginia Tech (540)231-4674 (FAX 8868) Blacksburg VA 24061-0503
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