[deleted] t1_ja43dwn wrote on February 26, 2023 at 6:21 PM

Reply to comment by avitar35 in WA auctions off more ‘old’ forest in $2.8 million sale by Plonsky2

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avitar35 t1_ja463xe wrote on February 26, 2023 at 6:38 PM

I honestly do not know enough about this particular plot to start making huge judgements. However I do know the article says none of the "old growth" trees predated 1900, and that in instances where they do find old growth those trees are restricted from harvest. This is also on the Lewis/Pacific county line, not exactly the Hoh rainforest.

wpnw t1_ja4cd51 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:20 PM

This article is definitely trying to sell the sensationalism here. This sort of timber sale by the DNR happens all the time, and it almost always happens in areas where there hasn't been actual old growth for a long, long time.

Far better that it happens somewhere relatively isolated and surrounded by private land and other commercial timber farms than along roads or trails that the public frequents, imo.

seacamp t1_ja57skp wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:52 PM

What a straw man... This is not "old growth temperate rainforest" up for harvest.

Important_Page_9275 t1_ja5dp5m wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:34 PM

It is not old growth, it is second growth timber. The timber industry does not want to harvest old growth timber. There are only 2 mills in western Washington that even take a log over 32" diameter. If we do not harvest timber responsibly where we are able, it will just be done other places in ways that are much more harmful to the environment. The amount of people saying how this is horrible, all while sitting in the comfort of their wooden houses in an area that used to be a forest but is now a city kind of astounds me.

Fupatown t1_ja5f8en wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:45 PM

The forest was harvested ~ 100 years ago is that "old growth"? Reality is old growth is a concept like any other and there are forests being managed that way (Nat'l parks, wilderness areas, etc) however timber is one of the only truly renewable resources we have. Consider this, the forest was harvested a century ago and I'm going to take a guess and say that they probably didn't do any tree planting or sustainable practices of any kind. Now 100 years later it's come back in full force and this time when we harvest it'll actually be managed post harvest and carefully done as opposed to back then. Do you think the forest will grow back to a similar condition in 100 years from now? Forest management is on a different time scale than human life times and I think the general public doesn't realize it...