This is somewhat deceptive. The actual plan is to clean up dead and dying trees and debris that is deemed a fire hazard. By burying all this, they believe they will be avoiding future forest fires and the resulting injection of carbon into the atmosphere.
This might sound reasonable, but this is not going to be a few people walking through the woods picking up branches, this will be a massive industrial operation. The planet doesn't need us to do this, it is designed to be self-regulating and self-correcting. There are trees that ONLY propagate by having their seeds subjected to fire/heat. We'll be bypassing nature and taking responsibility for all the routine maintenance that it has done since Earth began. We don't have the knowledge, skill or the level of maturity to take on that role.
Also destroys the bio-diversity of the forest. Leaving it untouched isn't always the best either, which is not to say that we shouldn't have nature preserves, but I've seen the transformation of a wilderness area that was selectively logged - it went from nearly dead to a lot more diversity and wildlife. But what do I know? I'm not a degreed or self appointed expert on forest management....
I think a nearly-dead area will inevitably rejuvenate itself, but we're impatient. We fast-track everything to suit our needs with little or no concern for the long term impact of doing so.
I'm currently trying to bend 26 acres to my will in order to become more self-reliant. It's very humbling to see nature's reactions to everything I do. I can almost hear it saying "Please don't do that.", "I warned you that would happen", "You're not looking at the big picture", etc.
I guess you could also say that the arsonists caught in WA, OR, CA in 2020 who are responsible for thousands of aces of burned out forest, towns (like Talent,OR) and dozens of people who died were also bypass nature too
This is somewhat deceptive. The actual plan is to clean up dead and dying trees and debris that is deemed a fire hazard. By burying all this, they believe they will be avoiding future forest fires and the resulting injection of carbon into the atmosphere.
This might sound reasonable, but this is not going to be a few people walking through the woods picking up branches, this will be a massive industrial operation. The planet doesn't need us to do this, it is designed to be self-regulating and self-correcting. There are trees that ONLY propagate by having their seeds subjected to fire/heat. We'll be bypassing nature and taking responsibility for all the routine maintenance that it has done since Earth began. We don't have the knowledge, skill or the level of maturity to take on that role.
Also destroys the bio-diversity of the forest. Leaving it untouched isn't always the best either, which is not to say that we shouldn't have nature preserves, but I've seen the transformation of a wilderness area that was selectively logged - it went from nearly dead to a lot more diversity and wildlife. But what do I know? I'm not a degreed or self appointed expert on forest management....
I think a nearly-dead area will inevitably rejuvenate itself, but we're impatient. We fast-track everything to suit our needs with little or no concern for the long term impact of doing so.
I'm currently trying to bend 26 acres to my will in order to become more self-reliant. It's very humbling to see nature's reactions to everything I do. I can almost hear it saying "Please don't do that.", "I warned you that would happen", "You're not looking at the big picture", etc.
I guess you could also say that the arsonists caught in WA, OR, CA in 2020 who are responsible for thousands of aces of burned out forest, towns (like Talent,OR) and dozens of people who died were also bypass nature too