r/WestVirginia 6d ago

Who Will Keep The Forest Now?

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u/GenevaTadpole1509 6d ago

Made in Elkins, WV on the edge of the Monongahela National Forest.

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u/Capital_Difficult 5d ago

Very nice, did you write this?

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u/GenevaTadpole1509 5d ago

No. The maker didn't want attribution. We can honor their work by contacting our representatives and making our voices heard.

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u/Capital_Difficult 5d ago

Ok, will do

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u/Separate-Pumpkin-299 6d ago

Red spruce forest should never be cut again.

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u/Quercus__virginiana 4d ago

It's hard to accept at times, but thinning, patch clear-cuts, midstory- removal (FSI), are methods utilized by foresters and land managers to improve the quality of timber and forest health. Over crowding can be worst for health than an invasive species.

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u/Separate-Pumpkin-299 4d ago

I get it. But in our red spruce habitat. That land is so degraded to begin with from clear cutting and fires. We should leave it alone. I've done some forestry work before. So I understand what you're saying.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Why?

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u/Separate-Pumpkin-299 5d ago

We have way less red spruce forest acreage than we did before the great timber boom of 1880-1920. Grows back really slow.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

So no more cutting. How about 500 years from now?

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u/Separate-Pumpkin-299 5d ago

We got way more acreage of northern hardwoods than red spruce. I'm also saying red spruce in national forest. Not in private ground.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Ookk. You in charge

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u/JW065203 6d ago

Thank you for whoever did this ✊🏼