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they are protesting hack and skwirt, claiming it causes more fires, even though by hack it means with an hand tool implying small dia stuff, and that removing these small junky trees while young reduces fire danger...
Just goes to show they are protesting on feelings again rather then facts.
(pardon my spelling, cue key not working still and auto correct cant seem to figure out its ****)
Now, im not any sort of forester, but to just scar the bark and spray with herbicide, that better be some damn potent herbicide, trees have a habit of being resilient to that sort of thing.For what it's worth, hack and squirt refers to hacking through the bark of a tree with a hatchet and spraying the hack with herbicide. It's used on all sizes of trees. These folks are protesting it's use on more or less mature hardwoods with the goal of converting hardwood-heavy stands to merchantable species, i.e. redwood and Doug fir. Arguably, this is restoring the species composition that was there before logging, since hardwoods vigorously re-sprout after logging and can outcompete conifer regeneration.
I don't think it's at all out there to say that large numbers of standing dead trees could be a fire hazard, though I don't think that's really why they're protesting.A broken clock is right twice a day.
All that being said, the company that these people are protesting has been very accommodating of environmental concerns and the specific proposed logging is rather minimal.
If you cut hardwood and you don't want stump sprouts, get your hands on some Garlon. Put in in a spray bottle and just spray the sapwood on your fresh stump. No sprouts. If you have an older stump, just make a fresh cut on it and apply.Now, im not any sort of forester, but to just scar the bark and spray with herbicide, that better be some damn potent herbicide, trees have a habit of being resilient to that sort of thing.
But what I do know is that hard wood trees tend to coppice if cut, creating more stems and more mess and more competition, so hacking them while they are young enough to be susceptible to herbicide is the best solution. Again I could be wrong
The way you guys describe it, it seems that like many protesters in general, these don't really UNDERSTAND just what it is that they are protesting.
And with some, the ACT of Protesting is more important, than the CAUSE that they are protesting in regards to
At the risk of being a hypocrite, I always wondered if protestors had regular jobs, or if protesting was their calling in life.. Whether it be tree huggers or in front of the White House on a political stampede.
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