[kbatku]

Some of the best advertising for the "environment" were the clear cuts visible from I-90 behind the lake. Tens of thousdands of people a day drove by and went "Oh my God! Look at that !! They should DO something!!" and lo "they " did. Twenty five years later, it doesn't look so bad, but those of us who remember the fresh cut hillsides remember the power of that view, and that it lingered bare and nasty, for many years...

[treeswarper]

That's odd. I always liked seeing the shapes on the hillside when we drove over to Tacoma for a visit. There was a triangle shaped one that always seemed interesting to me. Hmmmm. Perhaps that was a hint at what kind of a job I should get as an adult. But my parents always said that the clearcuts were where we get our wood for stuff from. Not how horrible, etc.

[whitebark]

[dRoberts]

I've seen those clear-cuts along 101 on the western olympic pennisula, I used to get very emotional over it, until I started thinking about the massive housing developments in other parts of the country (i.e. seattle) those trees will all one day grow back. that is the point of tree farming, that land is owned by logging companies. you can check out how often they harvest and when the next harvest schedule is. With housing developments and suburban sprawl, that's the future for that landscape..more houses. so just be thankful those clearings aren't gated-communities your looking at.

[kbatku]