The history of Pacific Lumber Company is illustrative.
(I have a book about it sitting around somewhere, but
it's not here in my office, so this is of the top of
my head.) The first generation to log in the family
started in Main, but had overlogged their lands and so
picked up and moved to Wiscon
>From the establishment of the English colony of Jamestown in 1607, there
was uninterrupted and widespread environmental destruction. Within a
few generations, the great forests of the Northeast were leveled, and
not long after the Civil War logging companies started deforesting the
Midwest at su
t; that some woodlands are a human artifact produced by
> pioneers.
>
>
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Tim Bousquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:12 AM
> Subject: [PEN-L:13929
From: Tim Bousquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:13929] Re: Re: THE HISTORY OF DEFORESTATION
> Ken,
>
> I'm not understanding the geography of your area.
>
> Here, in northern California, the forest
> Also, deforestation may eventually result in reforestation. Forest fires
>clear very large areas just as much as clear cutting. The forests eventually
>regenerate through a progressive series of plant and tree species. Traveling
>through a newly burned out area is just as much or more a scene of
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> Subject: [PEN-L:13924] Re: Re: THE HISTORY OF
> DEFORESTATION
>
>
> > Ken, natural forest fires typically leave older
> established trees
> > standing, unlike clear cutti
Ken,
I'm not understanding the geography of your area.
Here, in northern California, the forested areas are
up on the Sierra, while the valley floor was
grassland. In between is manzanita bushes, high deer
concentration.
The sugar pine forest of the eastern Sierra around
Chico was completely cl
ject: [PEN-L:13924] Re: Re: THE HISTORY OF DEFORESTATION
> Ken, natural forest fires typically leave older established trees
> standing, unlike clear cutting.
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Ken, natural forest fires typically leave older established trees
standing, unlike clear cutting.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
