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Oh Dear, I didn't mean to imply anything by my question.  It's just 
that our family owns timberland in those parts and I get a little 
sensitive when people think anything beautiful must be old growth.  We 
plan our stands to be thinned in 30 years and gone over again in 45 
years, and then again sometimes in 75 years--definitely a long term 
business!!!!   I  was riding through a stand up here in Washington 
State and was struck by how beautiful managed forests can be--one side 
of the logging road had been cut probably 80 years ago and was really 
dark and mysterious with mosses dripping down from the trees.  The 
other side had been thinned about 5 years ago and was really light and 
beautiful in its own way with all sorts of ferns and lilies responding 
to the filtered sunlight.  It made me feel better about being part of 
such a controversial business.  Anyway, I didn't mean to sound picky 
about terminology.
Mary K.
p.s. And yes, our family quite happily allows rides through its 
properties.


On Sunday, August 28, 2005, at 05:58 PM, Adam and Jannelle wrote:

> Are you sure you were riding through old growth?  I thought the
> Headwaters occurred in and around carefully managed 2nd and 3rd growth,
> but, I may be wrong.
>
>
> Well, I do think some of the area was 2nd and 3rd growth, some of the 
> trees
> were well over 10' in diameter and it did not look like many of managed
> forest that I have been through.  It is in the national forest in some
> secetions, if not all of it.  I may have used the term "old growth" a
> little loosly, but many people use that term to describe trees older 
> than
> 75 years, so?
>
> Adam


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