Ok, the snap has nothing to do with farming trees. We had a bit of a weekend wander and enjoyed breakfast at a very fancy hotel. Yummy.... Mum, do you recognize it? You should!
I just found/read this in the New York Times:
My family 'farms' trees. We plant them, grow them, thin or 'log them', let some grow bigger etc... Our trees are sold for lumber, power/utility poles (maybe) and the left-overs go for paper. FYI...it's been my experience that trees for paper are a by-product of logging for lumber. What needs to be thinned but isn't great for lumber becomes paper.
Recently, folks are talking about how their farmed trees could be used to help hold carbon. But how do we sustain the forest? Do you let it burn? Do you continue to thin and later replant? What is the best way to protect and use this resource?
When my grandfather (and to a degree my great-grandfather) began this family odyssey in trees, I wonder if they had any clue as to just how important tree farming was going to become? If we count my great-grandfather as part of this, then my munchkins are generation #5 in this business.
Personally, I hope that our trees can become more 'carbon storage' then lumber/paper pulp. The pure joy of seeing green trees, walking through them, seeing 'bear signs', picking berries along the trails, and knowing that my family helps sustain the forest and all that lives in it is simply beyond words.
Peace.
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