Clear-Cutting: A Necessary Scar
Ecological Summary:
Clear-cutting is and has been a very
controversial topic. The ecological
effects it has on the forests vary greatly on the individual site. Studies have shown that most of the
detrimental damage that is done is not due to the actual cutting of the trees,
but more of the processes that coincide with the practice. The quality and quantity of the roads that
are used to get the trucks and equipment in and out of the area will have a
tremendous impact on the area ecology. The
area preparation techniques and amount of damage control that is done to
prevent injury to non-targeted plants and trees will also limit the ecological
determent. If clear cutting is
approached in an area specific manner with ecological conservation in mind, it
can be done right.
Sources:
Ecological
Rodney J. Keenan, J. P. (Hamish)
Kimmins. 1993. The Ecological Effects of
Clearcutting. Environmental Reviews, 1(2): 121-144, 10.1139/a93-010.
[November]:http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/a93-010#.UoJP4pR4Yk8
Economic
Andreassen, K., Oyen, B.H., 2002. Economic consequences of three silvicultural
methods in uneven-aged mature coastal spruce forests of central Norway.
Forestry, 75 (4): 483-488.doi: 10.1093/forestry/75.4.483.
[November]: http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/content/75/4/483.full.pdf+html
Aesthetic
Brent C. Chamberlain, Michael J. Meitner. 2012. Quantifying the Effects of Harvest Block Design on Aesthetic
Preferences. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(12): 2106-2117,
10.1139/cjfr-2012-0210. [November]:http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfr-2012-0210
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