Timber Production Executive Order

[MallardSX2]

Also, that sawmill, does it have logs dropped off in log trucks, or is it an Alaska mill, or something in between?

I'm not a logger, but I have made money logging.
I'm not an arborist, but I have made money dropping trees in tight places that need to be climbed.

On this topic, those points are not important, but you appear to prefer to chase them over discussion at hand.

You don't get far from the Starbucks. It's obvious.

Have a good weekend buddy.

 

[Marbles]

You don't get far from the Starbucks. It's obvious.

Have a good weekend buddy.

So, you don't own a commercial mill, have a small 40 acre wood lot, and from the sound of it come from an overpopulated state down south, and the only thing you can come up with is to tell someone who has lived in the Alaskan bush for 2 years (by state definition, I'd still call it bush lite), that they don't get far from Starbucks?

I find the posturing amusing, don't understand the need for it though, surely you have enough true accomplishments in life you don't have to drag others down to stand tall, but I guess we all get to choose our own way.

 

[Pony Soldier]

MallardSX2: curiosity point. How big of logs can you handle? One man operation or processing company? I like to learn as my sawmill years are 50 years ago.

What capacities are reasonable given an executive notice?

 

[CaribouRanch]

I’m sure there’s a smart and methodical way this could be done in a way that cleans out choked forests, improves wildlife habitat, and increases the US’s lumber production, but I don’t have any confidence that will happen. Probably just slash and burn like everything else.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I was on the RAC (resource advisory council) for the BLM twice. We visited a post-logging unit that abutted USFS. The BLM had done a select cut that provided habitat while pulling out mature trees. The USFS block was a jungle you couldn't crawl through with downed trees and brush. A perfect target for a devastating forest fire.

To me this provided proof that good management was possible and doing nothing was not the answer.

 

[Yoteassasin]

I’m sure there’s a smart and methodical way this could be done in a way that cleans out choked forests, improves wildlife habitat, and increases the US’s lumber production, but I don’t have any confidence that will happen. Probably just slash and burn like everything else.

Slash and burn would be a great improvement over what has been going on in the west for the last 50 years .
Right now forests are burning so hot nothing can grow for years . Literal moonscape

We need any management that is different than do nothing and suppress fires until there is so much fuel load nothing can be done

 

[AK4570]

"We need any management that is different than do nothing and suppress fires until there is so much fuel load nothing can be done"

...this right here.

Despite where we might each fall on the issue, the current model has been a whole lot of do nothing.

And, as a wise man once said, anything is better than nothing.

Best regards,
John